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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Disagree that kids in public school need to frontload their AP's. this is the myth. Counselors at those schools try to dispel it. People are so nervous that they will look bad.

My very smart child delayed AP's until junior year (believe me, that took me talking her down from her fear of being outpaced by her peers). That year she took two that made sense for her interest/anticipated major, and did well. So, yes, she skipped the "easy" ones that most kids start with. She took more her senior year. [b]She got into 7/8 schools she applied to.[/b] She was pleasantly surprised, since her peers had her convinced this approach was radically sane.

Colleges are no longer impressed by crazy high numbers of APs. It says more about the kid/family' being driven or insecure than their potential.

[b]GPA counts more, then endless hour spent on courses that have no relevance to what the child wants to pursue[/b].[/quote]

Without saying what these schools are this is meaningless. [/quote]

+100

If you set the bar low enough, anything is possible.

And the PP contradicts herself when she states that "GPA counts more," because it is the AP courses that boost GPA.[/quote]

At some local private schools Honors and AP classes receive the same GPA boost for all (or nearly all) classes.  [/quote]

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