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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are DC area private schools trying to “move the goal post” in favor of their students given that AP exams are equally available to public school students? AP courses give colleges apple-to-apple comparisons across private and public school students. Sad to see private schools abandon AP courses rather than work with the College Board to improve them[/quote]

In a word, yes. While all these schools on the list have record demand for enrollment, some have also had record attrition. When public school kids with multiple AP classes started getting 20 acceptances for some kids or every Ivy for others, parents at private schools start looking around and figuring that blowing it out at a public or a catholic might be a better move, or go to the expensive boarding schools which still have an edge.[/quote]

This is sad to me.  I was a top student at a mediocre high school where 60% of the kids didn't go to 4 year college, but I had great AP scores, which I assume, helped establish me as "legit" to the Ivy league school where I was accepted.[/quote]

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