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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Arlington

9th grade -1 (AP World History)
10th Grade - 2 
11th Grade - 5
12 Grade - 5 (one science = two class periods)

13 classes will equal 15 AP exams (Econ is 2, Physics is 2)

Not common but also not unusual.
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Common if you are looking at the group of kids applying to top universities or UVA/WM.  Unusual if looking at the school as a whole.

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Unusual at our private high school.

Kids can't take APs Freshmen year.  Only 1 AP is offered Sophomore year.  In many subjects you need to complete the Honors course in the subject as a prerequisite for the AP course.

So JR-SR year are more like 3-4.  For a total of 7-8.

It's a rigorous school.

The high school matters.  Your kid will be compared against the kids from THEIR OWN high school in terms of numbers of AP and what the high school offers.  IF you are at a big public, your kid needs to be doing what the kids in the top 5% of the class are doing to even get looked at by Admissions.  If your school offers IB, then your kid needs to do IB for the top 20 schools, etc.[/quote]

That does make sense.  But its not what is happening at FCPS high schools. The pressure for as many APs as possible is intense.  [/quote]

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