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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Transplant_1]Thank you. This is helpful. What I don't get is why kids have to talk among themselves and figure it out (and I assume with help from college educated parents and college consultants.) It just seems there's a lack of the administration, staff, to guide the effort and keeping an eye on the selective college landscape.[/quote]

You must be prepared to guide your child if APs are your concern. The school does not have counselors who guide kids through. They answer questions when asked and help when issues arrive, but they don’t have time to guide.

There are over 2 dozen APs offered. Human geography, psych, Econ, calc (if your child enters 9th in pre calc, CS principals for kids at that level, and a few  others are available in 10th. The school does not offer AP world history. At 11th and 12th grade all core classes can be AP, and then depending on the level your child is at, things like stats, CS, env science, language, AP Art are all available. The top 10 kids in each grade usually graduate with 10-14 or so APs. Taking 8 in a year is never recommended by anyone there (or annywhere) and honestly overkill and an intense amount of unnecessary stress.

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Has this changed dramatically in the past couple of years?  My DS wasn’t in the top 20% of the class and graduated with 10 APs (and all 4s and 5s). My sense is that was pretty universal. [/quote]

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