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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where it gets tricky is the lack of transparency. We’re in FCPS. My DS is signed up for 4 APs jr year next year. He’d prefer to take 2-3, but it’s not that he. Any handle or succeed in the 4, just that he’d prefer not to be overwhelmed with work, which I think is very fair, but he’d really like to know how that impacts his college chances and it’s frustratingly unclear. [/quote]

My non-motivated DC at an FCPS school is signed up for 3 in Jr. year.  He could do 4 but decided not to for the same reasons as your kid.. not to be overwhelmed.  He's not even thinking about college yet.  Do FCPS counselors provide that kind of advice?  College chances for kids based on their course selection?  During 10th grade?[/quote]

Choosing how many APs to take based on which college you want to go to makes no sense! You should choose how many to take based on your ability to handle the load and your motivation. Otherwise you're very likely to end up really stressed out and getting grades that will keep you from achieving the goals that led you to take all those APs in the first place.[/quote]

I’m the one that posted about it not being transparent, the thing is you don’t want to rule out colleges unnecessarily. The counselors really stress balance and only taking APs in courses that the kid is really interested in but that may not ultimately be what the kid wants to do. I have a motivated 10th grader, but he likes balance in his life - which is great - and he doesn’t love English so he’s prefer not to take AP English, however he’d probably do just fine in the class, B plus or above. If someone told him, you are seriously hurting your chances of schools you are interested in (I’m talking schools ranked 20-50, not Ivies) he’d like to know. [/quote]

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