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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parent of a rising Junior in FCPS/ Langley...  AP's are totally different now than "when I was in school."  My son is planning to graduate w/ something like 12 AP classes.  He's a great student, but it's honestly just that the system has evolved since I was in school. For example, AP Physics I takes the places of 11th grade advanced Physics (no calculus required.) Basically, the College Board does really well by monetizing every class that they can.[/quote]

Unbeknownst to you and your child, a politically driven analysis is carried out. It concludes that your child’s hard work has created an “achievement gap” with another student who chose to devote their time to the soccer field or basketball court. The flawed political system decides that you are to blame for this gap in academic performance—yet the gap in athletic performance is totally ok. [/quote]

Not to be argumentative, but not at all my point.  My point was that 20+ years ago, taking 12 AP classes wasn't anywhere in the realm of possible.  The OP had some pre-conceived notions of AP classes based on their own past experience and those should be updated.  [/quote]

Agreed. I graduated in 1989, there were some APs at my school but no where near the number today. AP Lit, AP World, AP US, AP Bio, AP Chem, AP Physics, AP Calc (I am not sure if it was AB and BC then). Strong students took 1-2 a year and that was it. The school I attended before we moved didn’t have AP classes at all.

I would guess my child will end up with 10-12 AP classes when he finishes. It seems like a lot. [/quote]

Agree. So, these classes are easier than we were kids, right? They have to be. The kids I see work hard but not necessarily much harder than a high achieving kid in the 90s with 1-2 APs a year, on their way to an Ivy or similar. Now, even some of these kids with 10+ APs head to a relatively lower level school. Not that the level matters, just that everyone is taking and mostly doing ok in AP classes now, when there was more gatekeeping then. [/quote]

The reason there are more kids with APs headed to "lower level" schools is demographics. Far more kids vying for essentially the same number of spots that were there when we went to college. And international kids taking some of those spots as well. It's not a reflection on the difficulty of the AP courses. My daughter took the easiest AP course available last year as a freshman, and it was not an easy course. She is taking 3 this year (one of which is a combined course and has 2 AP exams), and as of Day 3, she has to be a lot more organized and on top of things than I ever had to be.[/quote]

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