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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m blown by hearing about all these kids taking 10+ AP classes in HS. First, my high school never had that many classes. But more importantly, there was A LOT of work, lots of assignments and projects that took a lot of time. More of a college workload in terms of readings etc but without the extra study time that comes with not having a full day of classes. There is no way people could handle so many AP classes at once, just from a time perspective. Are AP classes the new Honors?

People who took a handful of AP classes went on to Ivy and top 25 schools. Now, kids need so many!

Have classes gotten easier, is there grade inflation, or are [b]kids truly overwhelmed with increased expectations[/b]? [/quote]

It's this. My kid is only in 10th and taking 1 and it is a LOT of work. DC is taking 3 next year. But we've encouraged opting out of the AP rat race. It's absurd. If a college wants to pass on my kid as not "college ready" bc she took 6 or 7 APs (and the rest honors) instead of 10-12, so be it. There is zero reason to take APs in classes DC has no interest or as high an aptitude. And colleges should be ashamed of themselves for requiring it of these kids, many of whom are stressed out and not enjoying their HS years. It's grotesque.[/quote]

My smart kid took this approach.  Took 4 STEM classes each JR and Senior years (ok 7 STEM and AP Psych).  Said no to APUSH/AP Eng because they knew it would take 10-15 hours of extra work for EACH class. So while they could have taken them and got an A/A- and gotten at least a 4 on each, why put your self thru that?  Ironically, my kid's top 2 choices ultimately do NOT give credit for APUSH or ENG...have to take the core curriculum at the university.  Only reason my kid thought of taking them was to get college credit (and possibly help with admissions).  
So they got ED deferred then rejected at a T10, Got WL at T30, attending a school ranked in the 30s and was picking between that and one in the 40s.  
I doubt the lack of APUSH/AP Eng is why they didn't get into those schools---could be but more likely it's just admission rates under 10% and too many qualified candidates.

However, my kid enjoyed HS a bit more, had time for their 20+hr/week EC outside of school, got into great schools---more importantly they did. not make themselves miserable in hopes of getting into an elite university.  
ultimately where they are was their 2nd choice and almost ED2 (but wanted to hear from the ED school in RD).  They are thriving, at what I think is the best fit for them and will do well in life. Their APs put them a full year ahead in Calculus and Chemistry, as an engineer it's huge to be done with the math sequence after freshman year, as well as being done with Organic Chem as well.  Opens the doors for more technical electives, so the AP courses were extremely useful in the areas of interest
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