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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In MCPS, taking APs rather than Honors likely hurts your GPA.  AP and Honors both get the one point 'bump' on the GPA and in our limited experience, AP is MUCH more work.  That said, my understanding is that colleges look carefully at what courses the student chooses to take and favor students who took the most rigorous courses possible.  So I don't know the tradeoff-- B in AP vs A in Honors.  The latter improves your weighted GPA but I suspect the total effect varies based on the preferences of the college admissions committee.

When I look at my daughter's workload and exams in AP US History, I'd say they are close to being on par with a university intro course, though the university course would likely also have a paper/project in addition to tests, and I haven't heard that one will be required in the AP course.[/quote]

Honors classes in MoCo are a joke. My DD got a C in Honors Geography last year, it was thought by a math teacher who is a coach and only cares about coaching. He told me and DD's counselor that he doesn't teach Honors class, he expects them to "learn it on their own in Honors class." I asked if she could go to a regular class and he told me absolutely not, she will learn nothing there! It is for kids who can't learn! Now, while this teacher was an exception, and counselor was just stunned when she heard him say this... He said that since DD is smart, but makes silly mistakes, she shouldn't go to a regular class as that is for challenged kids! I kid you not! Apart from this clown, most of my DD's teachers have been great, but this tells you what they think of regular classes. Honors classes are not actually challenging any more.[/quote]

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