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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most of the competitive colleges are only accepting 4/5s on the tests and only for selective classes. A friend of my son's went to Maryland with tons of AP credits and did very poorly in the advanced classes as a freshman. He had placed out of so many of the intro classes that he was considered a sophomore his freshman year. Big mistake and he has now had to repeat some of the harder math/science classes. AP classes are no longer (and maybe never were) equivalent to college level classes and they are certainly not taught be people with the proper level of training. [/quote]

You have to be smart about it. My DC took some 2nd level classes and it was totally fine, and repeated a couple of classes (e.g., calculus) in areas that weren't a particular strength for DC and he knew the AP wasn't adequate. But DC also isn't trying to graduate early so losing AP credits for a couple of classes isn't a big deal. DC has found that his AP classes in many subjects served him very well and he knew more in his 2nd level classes than kids who had taken the intro class at the university.

Don't forget that most APs are all year and every day so while they may move a little slower than a college class they have twice as much time to cover the material.[/quote]

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