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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The seven top private schools in the area issued a joint statement that they’re all eliminating AP.  According to the Post, before “dropping AP, the schools surveyed nearly 150 colleges and universities about the potential impact. They said admission officers assured them the change would not hurt the chances of their students.”

Of course it won’t.  Privilege begets privilege.  [/quote]

As a public school parent, this strikes me as privileged parents gaming the system so their children can never be compared directly to public school children. Colleges will just be told to trust them that their classes — and their children — are superior.[/quote]

“As a public school parent, this strikes me as privileges parents ...”.

Is this a parody?[/quote]

I’m the one who wrote it and no, it’s not a parody. Should I say it again using different words? I am a public school parent. I see (non-scholarship) private school parents as privileged. They use their money to purchase a credential in order to give their children advantages. By eliminating APs, these schools are giving their students yet another advantage, in that they can no longer be compared directly with similar applicants to college from public school. They are in effect exempted from one key element of admissions.

Many posters have said that these private school students will still take the actual AP exams. I doubt students will do so if they have been explicitly told by colleges that it doesn’t matter if they do. (Note the admissions director in the article who said not taking APs won’t harm their chances of admission.) However if students do still take the exams, certainly my argument no longer holds.

Just imagine for a moment that you live in a different country that has national exams, like A Levels in England. Then imagine that the wealthiest students in that country are exempt from taking the exams and told it will not affect their chances of college admission. This is how this all sounds to me.[/quote]

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