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[quote=Anonymous]In MCPS, taking APs rather than Honors likely hurts your GPA. AP and Honors both get the one point 'bump' on the GPA and in our limited experience, AP is MUCH more work. That said, my understanding is that colleges look carefully at what courses the student chooses to take and favor students who took the most rigorous courses possible. So I don't know the tradeoff-- B in AP vs A in Honors. The latter improves your weighted GPA but I suspect the total effect varies based on the preferences of the college admissions committee. When I look at my daughter's workload and exams in AP US History, I'd say they are close to being on par with a university intro course, though the university course would likely also have a paper/project in addition to tests, and I haven't heard that one will be required in the AP course.[/quote]
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