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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think its a good idea for kids to take this many APs, anyhow. If they are really college-level classes, albeit spread over 2 semesters, that's a lot of work. I--like most people--took 4 college level classes per semester in college, and was not juggling 2 or 3 OTHER classes that had homework, papers, tests, etc. I never took higher level math, a lab science, reading and paper-heavy English and social science, and a language in the same semester. [/quote]
This is LITERALLY OP’s point.

The arms race for most AP and IB courses is exhausting, but if you don’t compete with your peers, you are no longer “most rigorous path”.

Meanwhile over at HB, kids don’t have to kill themselves because their peers simply can’t load up and escalate the AP course load. 
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No I'm saying I never took [b]hhigher level math + a lab science + reading and paper-heavy English + a social science + a language [/b]in the same semester [u]in college[/u] and I think it's kind of crazy that kids would do AP-level classes for all of those plus 2 or 3 other classes. For what? Read the college boards on Reddit, many of the kids doing this are miserable and the chances of getting in a top college are basically a crapshoot anyhow. Let them do a couple AP classes a year if they need/want the challenge but this loading up just to get their GPA up another tenth of a point or to go from "more rigorous" to "most rigorous" is crazy.

--mom of an H-b 11th grader and a current college student [/quote]

That was my freshman year engineering major workload. I think it’s pretty typical. [/quote]

Oh no language so that’s true. [/quote]

Yes, we all took calc and chem and English comp and econ our freshman year college, whether or not we were engineering majors. We didn't take FIVE classes. [/quote]

Um, that's not true. I tested out of the English requirement and I never took calculus. My first college semester (and every semester) was 5 classes or more. First semester included an easy elective in place of the English class, beginning a new language (Russian), Russian literature, physiology, and psychology. Least # credit hours in any semester was 16. (I happen to have my transcript out, therefore I can confirm I took 16 - 18 credit hours every semester for 8 semesters) [/quote]

I guess the PP that said that APs are not really at the level of a top college but maybe compare with classes at less selective colleges was right then. T-10 universities and SLACs don't award full credit for most APs and have 4 classes per semester.[/quote]

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