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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And honestly, it has become an abusive big business.  There are more and more tests for more and more money.  In a few decades it went from everyone taking a test or two or everyone taking multiple SATs and ACTs and subjects tests, APs, IBs, etc.  What a waste of time and money.[/quote]

Agree!  I recall touring a private school and being outraged that they did not offer AP Calc BC.  The admissions person laughed at me.  She told me the school could accommodate whatever math level my child was at (which is actually true now that I know the school better) and that the College Board is “taking parents for a ride and laughing all the way to the bank.”

Now, with a kid in college (who did not choose that high school, but another that does not offer APs), I realize how right she was.  My daughter was challenged at her private school even though the courses did not follow the canned AP curriculum.  She did not choose to take the AP exams (although friends did and got good scores).  When she got to college, she saw that all of the kids that took APs got no credit for them.  They were used for placement but you could place higher without them.  All of that AP drama with no payoff.  I’m so glad she did not play!

I know some colleges do give AP credit but it is fewer and fewer.  My DD got into a competitive SLAC with NO AP classes or exams and suffered absolutely no disadvantage.  Schools could stop the AP madness and arms race by not offering them (or offering fewer).  Colleges do not expect you to take them if your school does not offer them.  Your child can be challenged without AP brand name courses.  [/quote]

That in not a universal truth, especially in public schools.[/quote]

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