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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]AP/honors = university track. If you’re not in that track you’re not university material. The rigor in non-AP/honors is a flat out joke and several years behind the university bound kiddos.

Of course you don’t want to hear this, you’re in denial, you’ll cling to the fake A’s, and you’ll send junior off to some open door degree mill anyways for your ego. Then you’ll keep it hush hush when he fails out. [/quote]

Sigh.  Okay so, here we go...high school achievement means little.  It has nothing to do with being "university material" or someones career or intellectual potential.  It DOES impact where you are accepted, but not what you do with it.  I am the AP, straight A, honors, etc in my family and achieved a solid dual bachelor degree, but that is it; my interest in school waned.  Both my siblings, one of whom barely got in college, neither of whom had AP's, no EC's, etc, both have PHD's  and are very very well respected in their field.  [/quote]

Me and my brother's story.  My brother did not even get a 3.0 in high school.  2.8 at best. He was in advanced classes but not AP.   Went to open admission state school and flipped a switch.  Straight As.  Then he transfered to a better state school. Then IVY law and an amazing career.

I was an overachiver early but puttered out.  Made it to grad school and a so so career.  But mostly meh.  I do think if I had gone to a small liberal arts no name college rather than a top state school things may have been different. But who knows.

On teh otehr hand, I may be happier than my brother.  Certianly I have fewer anger issues.  But none of that is measured or cared about on dcum. In terms of high-power career and money, my C+ in high school brother is miles ahead of me,

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