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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think its a good idea for kids to take this many APs, anyhow. If they are really college-level classes, albeit spread over 2 semesters, that's a lot of work. I--like most people--took 4 college level classes per semester in college, and was not juggling 2 or 3 OTHER classes that had homework, papers, tests, etc. I never took higher level math, a lab science, reading and paper-heavy English and social science, and a language in the same semester. [/quote]
This is LITERALLY OP’s point.

The arms race for most AP and IB courses is exhausting, but if you don’t compete with your peers, you are no longer “most rigorous path”.

Meanwhile over at HB, kids don’t have to kill themselves because their peers simply can’t load up and escalate the AP course load. 
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 My HB senior has taken 11 APs, as have several of his friends (1 freshman, 1 sophomore, 5 Junior, 4 senior).  [/quote]

Same with my son who graduated from HB last year.  By my count, he could have taken 2 more if he did AP Bio and AP Chemistry, but he's not a science kid.  That's pretty comparable to what I know friends' kids are taking at other APS schools. [/quote]

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