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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP - the reason why private school kids don't have 10 APs is because their school does not offer AP classes or encourage students to necessarily sign up for the exams.  But at publics, the AP system is the way to distinguish yourself and that's why students pile them on. And it looks like colleges still like AP coursework.

Big 3 parents are complaining about how the school administration has put them at a disadvantage.  They are not complaining or claiming that their kids are smarter than public school kids.

And I don't think a 4.5 GPA public student is "objectively" better than a 3.5 - 3.7 student at a Big 3. Believe it or not, those A- and even B+s are hard to come by when the teachers are deflating grades and there are no retakes or second chances or quarter grades being dropped in favor of the highest grade.

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Give me some credit.  I know the major privates in the DC area banned together and announced they were doing away with APs.  They did it with great fanfare.  They also said they were highly confident that this wouldn't hurt them in college admissions because all of the top colleges know how rigorous their educations are.

In any event, you're missing my point.  I'm sure those A-minuses and B-plusses are "hard to come by."  But they're not handing out 4.5 GPAs in public schools either.  Kids were 4.5s are at the very top of their public high classes.  And the very top students in this area's public high schools are absolutely better than a top 1/3 at an area private.  In fact, they're probably among the top high school students in the country.

And all this business about re-takes and second chances?  Please.  Less common than you think, but even if true, it doesn't change the fact that in the end some public school kids in their public school systems -- re-takes and all -- rise to the top of huge classes.  And those top kids are better than a Big 3 top 1/3.

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