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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You don't need to go to a specialty school to get in, or an IB program.  However, if your school does offer things like APs, your child should probably take some. Universities are familiar with the schools around here and would look at the kid who took honors/AP classes and a lower GPA more favorably than the kid who didn't stretch at all and had a higher GPA.  [/quote]

Having gone through this process very recently, I'd amend this a bit. If the goal is a selective or highly selective school, I'd amend this to "your child should definitely take some AP classes", especially if he or she is not at a specialty school that offers its own advanced classes. PP is right, the highly selective schools want to see that you challenged yourself, and that you earned As in the most challenging classes available. This message, about taking the most challenging classes available, is one that we heard over and over on DC's college tour.

Another reason to take APs is to counter any questions about easy grading at your own high school. Kids who score 5s on their AP exams usually send these scores in with the application, even though they're not required for any colleges' applications.[/quote]

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