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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just take the private school calculus and then take the AP exam and get a 5.  DONE.  Why are we debating this?  It's what every top performing student at our top private does.

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It’s a bar to pass and many do. The issue is when students can’t hack the AP exam and the parents get defensive about it and claim AP teaches to the test, not enough depth, colleges don’t care, and so on. In other words copium.

The move to drop AP classes was not in the best interest of the students, but I guess the private high schools need to differentiate themselves somehow. [/quote]

It is a very low bar to get a 5 on APs.  Give me a break.[/quote]

Definitely not a very low bar. Around 50k students get a 5 on AP Calculus BC every year, that’s 1% of all students. Getting 5 on the 10 most rigorous APs is a high bar to pass.

Everyone, private and public, will compete for college. Don’t assume the private name will set the kid apart, or that it will move the needle on admissions. Do it because it’s a good fit for your student.

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Nope, getting 5s is a low bar.  Stop making it sound harder than it is by including underachieving high school students.  They were never relevant.[/quote]

It’s a low bar until the kid tries and gets scores of 3-4 and below. Then it’s a problem with multiple choice format, colleges don’t care, and doesn’t compare to a real college course.

Not to overstate what APs are, but they are one way to show academic rigor, among others. Can this be done with private/public school classes and GPA? Yes, but it’s better for the student to have multiple ways of showing it, adds impartiality to the process, and reigns in grade inflation. Don’t complain that the B in Physics in private should be counted as 5 for the AP because in your biased view it’s a low bar to pass.

College credit is significant, it frees up room for other more advanced classes, double majors, getting a master in 4 years.[/quote]

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