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Anonymous wrote:my kid was at a private with no APs. self studied (a bit) and took two exams in 10th and two in 11th. Got 5s. Submitted. Accepted at HYP (when some similar applicants were not). Can't tell you what helps on margins, but didn't hurt.

If the private school does not offer any classes labeled AP, do they still do the AP testing in May? How did your kid take the exams ?

You have to contact local public schools to work with their exam coordinator for a spot in their testing schedule.

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Why is that funny? That’s exactly what you have to do.
https://apstudents.collegeboard.org/help-center/can-i-register-ap-exam-if-my-school-doesnt-offer-ap-courses-or-administer-ap-exams

Most schools administer the AP tests for their students even if they don’t offer AP classes. Locally, I think GDS is the only one that doesn’t offer the AP tests to their students.

Anonymous wrote:My child was admitted to Franklin and Marshall, Bucknell, GWU and NYU. That level of college.

2 AP courses. 4 on one, 2 on the other.

Our private high school does not offer many AP courses but mostly honors and unweighted GPAs.

Was this recent? My friend’s kid with 15 APs got rejected from NyU. All 4s and 5s.

My child was admitted to Franklin and Marshall, Bucknell, GWU and NYU. That level of college.

2 AP courses. 4 on one, 2 on the other.

Our private high school does not offer many AP courses but mostly honors and unweighted GPAs.

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Anonymous wrote:DS taking 4 as a sophomore, which feels like a lot but it just sort of turned out that way with each of his current teachers in three core subjects highly recommending he take the AP in their subject and then an AP elective he just really wants to take and not sure when else he will fit it in. Anyway, my thought would be 4 each year in 10-12 for a total of 12, which sounds like plenty, but he feels like he should show increasing rigor each year, or at least from 10th to 11th (so, 4, 5, 5 or 4, 5, 6).

LOL mine did mine did 7. And he got a 2 on the test in two of those classes, AP Psyc, AP World History. The rest were all 5's.
MIT graduate, Stanford, CMU acceptances as well.

But I was told MIt and Stanford want well rounded kids and not just stem freaks....

Anonymous wrote:DS taking 4 as a sophomore, which feels like a lot but it just sort of turned out that way with each of his current teachers in three core subjects highly recommending he take the AP in their subject and then an AP elective he just really wants to take and not sure when else he will fit it in. Anyway, my thought would be 4 each year in 10-12 for a total of 12, which sounds like plenty, but he feels like he should show increasing rigor each year, or at least from 10th to 11th (so, 4, 5, 5 or 4, 5, 6).

LOL mine did mine did 7. And he got a 2 on the test in two of those classes, AP Psyc, AP World History. The rest were all 5's.
MIT graduate, Stanford, CMU acceptances as well.

19 total - max allowed AP per school year - accepted 2 T-5 school.

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Anonymous wrote:Say your school has only honors no AP, would you be admitted to a t20 if you took max honors with 4.0?

take the AP exam anyways and get a 5

with no AP classes? would the exams help?

Yes, it would. In fact, when granting college credits, a high school transcript is not considered at all. For example, if a student takes an AP US History course and earns an A but does not take the exam, it counts for nothing in terms of college credits. For college credits, the only two documents reviewed are the AP exam scores and the dual enrollment (DE) college transcripts.

Essentially, from a college credit perspective, an AP exam score holds value on its own, regardless of whether the course is taken. The AP course itself helps demonstrate course rigor for college admissions, but it’s the exam score that earns the college credit once admission is granted.

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Anonymous wrote:Say your school has only honors no AP, would you be admitted to a t20 if you took max honors with 4.0?

take the AP exam anyways and get a 5

with no AP classes? would the exams help?

No. There is no reason to self-study and take AP exams outside of school unless your child wants/needs credit or placement for them. Or for the handful of schools that are test-flexible and accept AP scores instead of SAT/ACT. Colleges care about taking the highest rigor available - if that’s honors for your HS, that’s great.

Colleges recognize going above and beyond what is available.

Proof of this? FWIW I only know of a fews kids from our public magnet HS that tried this self study thing. Based on results, I don't think it helped.

Why would colleges give points for doing sports outside of school sanctioned teams, and other activities outside of what the school offers, including things like olympiads, but not do the same for AP exams?

Because they can? What makes you think they "give points" for those doing sports outside of school? IMO a kid's time would be better spend on activities (e.g olympiads) that cramming for extra AP tests.

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Anonymous wrote:my kid was at a private with no APs. self studied (a bit) and took two exams in 10th and two in 11th. Got 5s. Submitted. Accepted at HYP (when some similar applicants were not). Can't tell you what helps on margins, but didn't hurt.

If the private school does not offer any classes labeled AP, do they still do the AP testing in May? How did your kid take the exams ?

You have to contact local public schools to work with their exam coordinator for a spot in their testing schedule.

lol

Why is that funny? That’s exactly what you have to do.
https://apstudents.collegeboard.org/help-center/can-i-register-ap-exam-if-my-school-doesnt-offer-ap-courses-or-administer-ap-exams