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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s a class issue OP. All the top private high schools just signed a pact that they’re phasing out AP courses over the next four years. They believe their courses are higher quality, involve more critical thinking, and could more easily be multidisciplinary with less pressures comply with AP course standards. They’re probably right. The student bodies in those schools tends to be fairly uniform in terms of ability, so it’s not the only way to surround yourself with other smart kids. Many if not most kids in that setting don’t need to worry about whether they earn credits or save money by taking AP courses.

Meanwhile, in public schools, APs offer a baseline standard that might be more rigorous than what the school otherwise offers. It may be the only way to bring similarly academically inclined students. That money savings from earning credits while in HS means something more to many of these kids.

On the admissions front, fwiw, I know people who say that if the kids are all taking APs, they’ll expect your kid to as well. And the reverse is true. Also, admissions officers know that in some wealthy communities, like MCPS, the schools want as many kids as possible enrolled in AP classes. That means the classes are not as difficult as they are elsewhere, and they know that.[/quote]

Private schools still sit for the AP tests they want to in May. They have always had deeper classes that cover less material than an AP class, and must get the AP workbook and teach themselves the breadth for the test. But it works, and they only sit for what matters for their potential college major or Liberal Arts prereqs, etc.[/quote]

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