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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"The problem with APs, is that it has become the de facto “most rigorous” course load at a high school.

Although a college may not accept the credits, most still make the “rigorous” consideration (for admissions) based on how many your student took while in high school."

[b]So don't take the exams. [/b] [/quote]

As a former college counselor, it doesn't look great to admission folks when someone *doesn't* take the exam. This is especially true if most students take the exam at your high school.[/quote]

[b]This is what I really want to know, but if the college counselor is also the one who said that a college might revoke the acceptance depending on the AP result, I am now doubting the credibility of the initial post.[/b]  My kid will take a ton of AP classes because they are the most rigorous offering at her school.  We aren't going to particularly care about the AP credit for college.  While it would be nice to register earlier than others if that is a side benefit, to us there aren't too many other benefits.  Will the selective colleges she is applying to care that she got 5's on her AP exams?  Is it one of the factors they look at?  Given that all those College Confidential posters list their great AP exam scores on their "chance me" threads, I assume they are providing that information to colleges, and so isn't that an added plus to the colleges in looking over a particular admissions file?  [/quote]

PP here. Nope, that post about "revoking based on a poor AP result" was NOT me.

OK, thanks very much for the information, college counselor.

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