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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DS had a similar situation—took all APs + Honors classes and got straight As, but never really seemed to be working hard at home. SATs scores were not good (sub 1200). We had him go to Capital Educators, he brought his score up a ton, and landed at a well regarded college and is doing well. He is really working for his grades now.

In MCPS you have to take all Honors and APs if you are a decent student but the honors classes are a joke and people who point to their kid’s high number of AP classes as evidence of high rigor are deluding themselves. DS and neighborhood friend who attended a private school had very different levels of rigor re teacher expectations, work, grading, exams, etc even though on paper they were both taking very similar classes. Private was not an option for us, but the low SAT score vs high grades/rigor was a real wake up call for us. [/quote]

Let’s stop this BS comparisons between private and public.  I went to a private.  Guess what I took?  All Honors and AP courses.  The problem is we’ve gotten to ridiculous expectations of the SAT score because of all the prepping and review that is now available.[/quote]

DC never prepped, took it cold, once and done, perfect score[/quote]

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