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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When I was in HS, I went to a private HS that had three tracks: Honors, AP, and regular. The rigor and depth taught in each class reflected that order: Honors was considered more expansive and challenging than AP, which was only focused on passing the AP test.

I don't know why people are so hell-bent on APs. I thought it was pretty well-known that they aren't much of a signal of anything other than test-taking prep. Certainly I have been hearing more often that college admissions aren't universally thrilled with admitting kids who are taking endless APs. Read College Confidential. [/quote]

It’s been explained ten times here but you don’t get it. Pointless. [/quote]

Sure, college credit at some universities. But I haven't seen anything to persuade me that AP courses are anything other than glorified Kaplan test prep courses. [/quote]

No no no. It’s about demonstrated self-selection of highest course rigor. Credit and placement is fine, but it’s about signaling to the college ‘I took the hardest classes’. At our school it’s AP’s. At others it’s IB. At many privates (I’m reading) it’s something else entirely. Many colleges have told us directly ‘we expect you to take the hardest courses’. My DC wants the kind of colleges that demand them so that’s what we’re doing. It’s either that or move![/quote]

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