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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For a selective private school, the lack of APs will not matter at all. In fact, admissions officers know that selective private schools often have much harder curriculums than public schools with AP. From my own personal perspective, my kids just switched from an elite private school to a very well regarded public due to a family move and are taking all AP classes, and the AP classes are infinitely easier than what they were taking in the private school.[/quote]

Really, AP classes are “infinitely easier”? Please, enough with the exaggerations. Pick a class and explain how the AP version is infinitely easier. I guarantee that for STEM classes like Calculus BC the difference is “infinitely small” lol. Everyone can look at the private school class catalogues and see that the syllabus content is the same.

If the private high school is well known then there’s some assessment about rigor. At less known privates students still need to demonstrate rigor or take the risk of being rejected and AP is one of the ways to show it. It’s the same with test optional, it’s risky to apply without scores.[/quote]

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