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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why can't they take APs in 9th at Wilson?[/quote]

I thought that AP classes were open enrollment and kind of chaotic as opposed to the honors classes.  Am I wrong?[/quote]AP classes are more accessible than in many private high schools, but not completely open. If you have a C in Precal, you'll have a hard time getting into Cal BC as I recall[/quote]

What about starting with a clean slate in 10th.  Is it true the classes are huge and some of the kids disruptive?  And for those whose kids are aggressive about taking APs, how many did they take on avg before graduation and in each grade?

I take it there are no required AP courses which is a huge plus.  But will anyone stop a kid from taking 3/4 AP classes in any given year?  We heard recently on this forum that the average competitive student from her magnet (MD or Va highschool) takes 7-10 APs before graduation.  If you are starting in 10th grade, that gives you only two years where colleges will actually see your AP scores before admission, and I certainly did not want to take a bunch of AP classes my senior year.

Not critiquing at all.  Zoned for Wilson, oldest kid completely turned off by Walls last year (also accepted like OP's kid), at BASIS DC now, and just sincerely trying to figure all of this out.......

BASIS has gotten slammed for having 9th graders take APs (and for allowing 8th graders have the option in World History), but here I learn that kids at high schools in Fairfax and Md are taking AP courses in 9th grade as well, and that some Wilson parents wish their 9th graders had the option.

Well my 9th grader is taking AP courses at BASIS but wondering about Wilson and the quality of their AP courses and whether to switch in 10th.  Experiencing "diversity" is not an issue (BASIS is quite diverse) and most of our child's serious extra currics (which are fairly time consuming) are outside of school.

So for us it is completely coming down to academics, the same way it sounds like OP is feeling.  Nothing wrong with your kid except that he is bright and used to a certain level of academic rigor.  BASIS kills our kids with homework, but they learn an enormous amount.  The question is whether at Wilson one can find a happy medium.

How many kids in general are in each AP course?  And why is it that in talking to my friends at Wilson I have gotten the impression that the Honors classes are more controlled and more of a slam dunk than the AP courses which are open to all and perhaps overpopulated?  Please don't flame, but do tell.  TIA[/quote]

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