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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DC is in an intensified class, and signed up to take an AP exam, but now doesn't want to take it, afraid he'll not do well. What happens if you get a bad score? Any downside to taking the exam?[/quote] Mine had 5 in all 15 AP exams he took, didn’t help get in any Ivy.[/quote] Mine had 4s and 5s in 5 APs and it at an Ivy![/quote] When I see anecdotes like this (one kid in at an Ivy with 4s and 5s on 5 exams, the other rejected with 5s on 15 exams) it makes me think that with APs, at least after a certain point, more isn’t necessarily better. And I don’t think all APs have the same value. APUSH and Calculus seem to have a lot of cachet. Psychology? Human geography? Environmental science? Two CS APs? Two economics APs? Especially if someone is loaded up with that kind of elective before senior year, I begin to wonder what else he could be doing with his time. [/quote]
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