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[quote=Anonymous]I hate threads like this for two primary reasons.

One, nobody knows what they're talking about.

Two, posters always post crazy shit like "my kid's public school friends are all struggling in college and they took APs and my kid didn't" and I think (a) are you stalking your kid's friends?  How do you know their grades?? and (b) nobody "struggles" in college anymore -- the average GPA is like a 3.3.

Anywhere, here's the real answer:  college admissions officers judge an application within the context of the high school's particular profile.  Every high school includes the school profile with the student's transcript.  It will say point blank that the school doesn't offer APs, and it will identify what the advanced classes are in their place.  It will describe the grading scale, and when there's no class rank it will typically provide the grading distribution.  It will report the average SAT and ACT scores for the class.  And typically it will say what percentage of the class goes to a four year college a provide a matriculation list.

The bottom line:  you're fine.    [/quote]

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