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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The college board is such a racket [/quote]

Yep.  Had this happen to my kid in FCPS, ie school he decided to go to wouldn't give credit for any score on the exams but didn't know this until after he'd accepted which was after the AP exam sign up.  I was so pissed.  To make matters worse the school was requiring him to take the exams ie he couldn't just no show for the exams.  He wasn't about to study for them and didn't want a "bad" score out there.  I just called him in sick that day.  So OP no solution, just know I feel ya'.
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You made a parenting mistake.  Those exams are worthwhile as preparation for college exams.  Teach your child to follow through and complete their classes to the best of their ability.  If your child would have received a "bad" score on an exam that he prepared for all year, then all the more reason to have him exert extra effort to learn the content (which is the whole point of the class.)[/quote]

Not PP you replied to, but get back to us when you have a burnt-out senior on the verge of a breakdown who has already taken 12 AP courses and who knows that any extra exams he takes won't make any sort of difference, since the college does not give extra credit for those scores.

As a parent, you have to recognize what the best decision is here, and it's not "following through". No. These kids have worked like crazy for 4 years of high school to get where they are. They have already followed through. They have already demonstrated work ethic.

Shame on you for thinking they're flakes. They're probably harder working than you ever were.[/quote]

Hmmm... mom of four who each went to school with more than a year's worth of AP credit.  I've also been an AP teacher for 13 years.  If your child gets to the end of the year and needs to do a lot of study to avoid a poor score on an AP exam, no, they haven't demonstrated work ethic during the year, and they definitely haven't "worked like crazy."  But if that thought makes you feel better, knock yourself out.[/quote]

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