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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Private schools in the DMV collectively did away with AP classes because they wanted to distinguish themselves from public schools.  They wanted to be able to market themselves as being "special," and they couldn't do that if they were offering the same classes as the public schools.  Not only that, because they're smaller than publics they couldn't offer the full variety of APs that the publics can.

In other words, they did away with APs because they couldn't compete.

The problem is that private school parents both like APs and are Uber competitive.  They worry that without taking AP classes and exams their kids are at a disadvantage.  So they want their kids in private schools AND they want them taking AP exams.

That's what they do it.[/quote]

This.  Why would people pay $60k a year for something that public schools are offering for free?  So private schools sell the myth of their customized special curriculum and talk about how "too much testing" is bad for learning.  And many drink the kool aid.[/quote]

If you want your high school experience to essentially just be AP exam prep courses, then public high school is the way to go.  All public schools can do this and it is about as standardized as anything can get.  The whole high school experience is focused on preparing for AP exams.[/quote]

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