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[quote=Anonymous]Taking a few AP tests and getting 5s?  Definitely helpful in admissions.  Taking all AP classes at your giant public, because you want and need to take the most rigorous load?  Helpful in showing you utilize every resource available to you.

But if you take two kids who both went to 50K+ a year schools, and one took a bunch of AP classes and the other took more rigorous in-depth seminars, and took a few AP tests on the side and got 5s, the second kid is going to be more impressive (and more prepared for an elite university education).

NCS and STA only started offering the APs in math and science to help better prepare their students for those tests, which are especially challenging.  But a top private school shouldn't be giving their brightest kids AP US History, or AP English.  They should be teaching their top students more than what an online course or a workbook from the library can offer.

When we looked at schools I was surprised any expensive, well-resourced private school like SSSAS still offered as many APs as they do.  I don't know how they justify charging 55K for that.[/quote]

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