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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC will apply to colleges in Europe and needs APs. Otherwise quite high performing but only got 4s on the ones he self studied (no support or reviewing from school). Based on other performance I’d think he would have gotten 5s if he had been learning the AP curriculum all year similar to his friends that are at public schools. It’s hard fitting in learning all of the additional content on your own when there’s already other school work that’s more pressing.[/quote]

Did he actually study AP rubrics and test strategies, or did he just try to learn content? DD is also looking at schools abroad (UK) and is at a private that offers APs and she sat for her first APs this spring. My impression is that the school did a good job preparing the kids for the AP exam. They did more than just matching the syllabus to the exam. They went further by familiarizing the kids with the grading rubric for the essay and short answer portions of the exams. It's best to learn what the graders are looking for and what kind of answers fulfill certain requirements. All this information is in the test prep books like Barron's or Princeton Review, but I'll bet many kids probably don't bother with the exam strategy and are just trying to memorize the content. [/quote]

Modern AP tests are not just content memorization tests. They are mostly analysis and application that requires a broad background in the material and themes of the subject.[/quote]

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