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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]"No top tier college accepts AP credit although state schools may because their intro classes are so often remedial rather than truly introductory."

[b]Really, this is news to me unless things have changed. I went to Princeton and I tested out of freshman English with AP. Calculus (math requirement) too. 
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I have no problems with BASIS's focus on math and science since DC has no magnet test-in STEM program. Looks like they do a good job with the parameters they're give, taking all comers with no testing for admissions.

Thanks for the insightful discussion all and we'll consider BASIS for DC when the time comes. [/quote]

Not to derail this thread, but things have indeed changed. Many colleges no longer take AP for credit, although it still looks good on an application. Also, increasingly, more and more colleges and universities are rethinking the SAT requirement. I know this because I work in higher ed.

BASIS people can now have their thread back.[/quote]

Ok, I went to college a million yrs ago, 80ties, but I recall people talking about making the SATs optional then too.  Nevertheless, people who are applying to highly competitive colleges still take them and probably will take them anyway even if they are not required.  I'm sure the very top students will take the APs, credit or not, given the level of competition to the Ivies and similar schools.  All this talk about not requiring SATs, APs, etc will not amount to much in the end.[/quote]

Agree, but I think the question about the BASIS model is not whether APs are bad, but whether they should constitute the great bulk of the entire high school curriculum (also including AP history in 8th grade). Too much of a good thing, I think, is the concern. You can't write a college application essay talking about all the AP study sessions you attended. I also agree with a PP that BASIS may be much better suited to engineering / math types, but still believe as a matter of developmental psychology that even for this small subset of kids there are other things that need to be focused on in high school. BASIS will turn out college-ready kids to be sure, and continue to attract kids of highly motivated parents, but will underserve all but the most unusually focused and gifted kids. As I have said before, even with this serious shortcoming, BASIS may well still be among the least worst free school options out there. (No drug dealing in the bathrooms, for example, - although having to deal with that environment would make a great college app essay!)[/quote]

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