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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I totally disagree that APs are “easier.”  I’ve also found the DE kids are generally less prepared than ones who take AP classes.

My son took BC Cal as a junior and scored a 3 but 4 on AB subsection. He just finished is freshman fall at UMD and earned an A grade, which only about 20 percent of students do.[/quote]

Please share your experience with MCPS DE students being less well prepared than students who take the same class via AP.[/quote]
Community College does not offer the same level of rigor as a University. It’s always the advice for kids to Cal2 Orgo etc at CC and transfer the credits in because they are  “easier”.  With AP classes, you have to not only take the class but have to score a 4 or 5 on the exam.

Everyone whose kid we know that got 4s/5s on the AP exams were well prepared.

Several friends with kids in DE flunked out no one we knew did that with 4s and 5s. Most graduates with honors etc.
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In the first example are comparing CC classes to four year college classes which is not the same as comparing DE classes to AP classes.

If there was an AP organic chemistry I’m sure the advice would be the same as for DE chemistry, that it should be retaken.

And to confirm, are you saying you’ve seen a consistent pattern, across disciplines, with MCPS specific examples where you’ve observed two sets of kids where the students
1. took the exact same AP classes as students that took the DE class equivalent (eg one student took Calc BC while the other student took Calc 1 and Calc 2 at the community college) and
2. both students received the exact same grades in the AP and the DE classes, and 
3. the DE students had totally different results from the AP students as they continued on in those same disciplines at equivalent rigor four year college?

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