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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But won't these classes just be replaced by classes that are equally demanding, but not called &quot;AP?&quot;[/quote]

The issue comes in when they use the AP test to opt out of the lower level courses in college.  It's been found that the level instruction they receive in HS is NOT equal to the instruction they'd receive in the lower level college course.  Lots of 4.0+ all A students struggling after skipping the intro level courses in college.  [/quote]

Not my kids.  They skipped the intro classes thanks to AP and did just fine.  Where are you getting your information from?  Do you have an actual source or is it just your “feeling” with nothing to back it up?[/quote]

Same here. Kid one was liberal arts double-major Econ and Chinese language. She took 6 AP tests (regardless of course AP label or not, scored very well, [b]went to Columbia, was able to skip the core liberal arts course requirements like 1 semester of English Lit, History, Computer Science, Calc BC, Biology[/b]. I think she needed to take one large lecture Earth Science class and took something like Beaches &U SHoreline. Other than that, she progressed in her Econ and Chinese lessons, also studied at LSE and then Beijing, plus tacked on 500 level graduate econ/stats senior year.

Other kid was engineering and that school did not require liberal arts core classes. He had excellent tough math classes in upper school - smaller environment and hands-on teacher - so taking differential equations, multivariate equations, linear algebra freshman and sophomore year again was a good 2nd exposure and ego boost. Allowed for him to socialize more and focus on the 4-6 hour engineering labs and exams that had 45% correct as an A.

So kid and interest dependent. [/quote]

Doesn't quite sound accurate to me. At Columbia, no one gets out of the Core Curriculum (except the engineers who only take half of it). No AP exam gets your DC out of freshman year University Writing. While you get general credit from some departments, AP classes mostly just affect placement options and don't satisfy major requirements. The policies are pretty analogous across the elite colleges because college classes &gt; high school classes.  [/quote]

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