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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am not sure what you mean by “squishy.”   The admin was pretty clear - take AP tests for your AP classes.  Individual teachers recommended boys for additional exams.

As I said, I don’t know if it will ever be clear how helpful the AP exams are, and as other posters have said, probably depends on the kid’s specific goals and profile. I am not attributing the uncertainty to the college office being obtuse, rather the opaque nature of the college admissions process.

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It's not clear how much AP exam scores matter admissions for US colleges, but it's quite clear that a 5 or 4 on some AP exams would allow a student to place out of an intro course at many, many US colleges including highly ranked ones.  It's beyond me why the non-AP privates try to obscure this fact.  Maybe to justify their decision to drop the courses.  My DC has taken one exam so far and is planning to take two next year, without taking any AP-labeled classes (because there aren't any).  It seems like it would be strange not to try to place out of certain intro college courses if you can and want to.[/quote]

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