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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What do you consider rival schools?[/quote]

There are plenty of rivals depending on activity but the main schools without APs that I recall are Potomac and a couple in DC and Maryland.  For our family AP was a requirement so for us the non-AP oriented schools weren’t considered.  Schools with APs that are typically considered rivals of SSSAS are Episcopal, BI and Flint Hill.  [/quote]

Private schools that still offer APs are simply channeling that they are not a top- tier school, including SSAS. All of the elite privates have done away with APs because they recognize AP classes  
encourage rote memorization and teaching to the test which distracts from teaching higher level skills like critical thinking. None of the “ Big 3” or “Big 5” in the DMV offer AP. That changed several years ago and it hadn’t affected college admissions in the slightest. Top schools offer advanced studies - very different. Top colleges no longer look at AP courses as anything other than ordinary. Top boarding schools have moved away from AP as well. Your myopic thinking highlights very outdated thinking imo. [/quote]
Huh. Interesting take to not consider NCS and STA among the elite or Big3/5 schools. [/quote]
You can sit for the test but you are incorrect. St Albans and NCS no longer offer AP courses. [/quote]
Sorry, wrong. Both NCS and STA have walked that back.

STA, right on the splash page, 13 AP classes (source: https://www.stalbansschool.org/academics/upper-school)

NCS doesn’t make it as easy to find, you have to check each department separately, but they have 14 AP classes ranging across languages, math, science, and social science (source: https://www.ncs.org/upper-school-curriculum-detail?fromId=218958&LevelNum=122&DepartmentId=692)

But, please, go on with what you were saying?[/quote]

I call BS on you actually being a STA or NCS school. Show me where they walked back this agreement other than a link to their website. And if you were a parent you wouldn’t be excited to blab that your kid can take an AP class or test for 70K a year. Lol. [/quote]
No, I’m not an NCS or STA parent, I’m an alum. And I’m not sure how to give you a more credible source that they now offer APs again beyond literal links to their curriculum pages. I suggest you call the schools and ask if you don’t believe their own websites.

Yes, they were part of the 8 or so elite schools that got together and made a big stink about dropping APs, several years ago. No, they didn’t stick to their guns. Sorry to disillusion you. [/quote]

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