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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your kids are really competing against the kids within their school. Therefore, if a school eliminates APs, it can be beneficial simply because admissions will base their decision on whether your child’s took the highest level courses offered. Even within public school, your greatest competition are your peers, not any other students in any other school. For example, they would never penalize a child for not taking AP in a lower ranked public school when there wasn’t an opportunity to take one.

It will however make admissions even more subjective amongst the kids within the same school. So, truthfully maybe colleges need to cut the crap they do for admissions. They should have a minimum bar and then do a plain simple lottery. [/quote]

This is absolutely true.  That is why I am so annoyed when public school parents think they have such advantage because their kid takes so many APs.  My private school kid only took two APs so far as a rising senior, and he is going to be just fine.  There wasn't even an opportunity to take APs in freshman and sophomore year.  I have public school friends I saw this weekend talking about their rising freshman kid taking AP bio and more in freshman year.  Sad.[/quote]

They are doing what their kid needs to do to be competitive in their school. Why would you think it was about you and be annoyed? If their kids don't take those classes, they are screwed. So they do get an advantage within their peer group by going this route. Why would they care what classes your kid is taking in a different school system? Not sad.[/quote]

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