Many schools give zero AP credit, so requiring a 5 is on the generous side.

Anonymous wrote:lol. People saying this is high standard obviously never attended a top college, or have a DC attending one.

Who cares?

Anonymous wrote:APs are not what they used to be — no wonder most of the top high schools in DC have done away with AP-centric classes (and others around the county).

At TJ the AP material is often taught by the 1st/2nd grading period, the class then moves on to post-AP topics. If TJ classes are teaching double the standard AP curriculum, I would assume that Top 20s are teaching much more than the standard curriculum as well.

APs are not what they used to be — no wonder most of the top high schools in DC have done away with AP-centric classes (and others around the county).

Many schools don’t accept AP scores to cover core or major requirements. Within UCs, it’s not only dependent on which University but also which school and which major within the University. I was surprised at how different the rules were between UCs. UCSB was far more generous than UCB and UCD at least for my kids schools and majors.

In general UC will allow them for credit but not to meet breadth or major requirements. They can be used for placement with the exception of math where the students have to take a placement test.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anything less than a 5 on an AP exam is a red flag. Requiring 5s is exactly what I would expect.

This.

Consider how AP exam standards have eroded, excuse me, "recalibrated" so you have to be pretty dumb to not get a 5.

Looking at the most recent course catalog, it seems like Chicago agrees. When I was there a 5 on the Calc BS would get you credit for MATH 15100 and 15200. Now it's just placement into MATH 15200.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anything less than a 5 on an AP exam is a red flag. Requiring 5s is exactly what I would expect.

This.

Consider how AP exam standards have eroded, excuse me, "recalibrated" so you have to be pretty dumb to not get a 5.

Please stop the nonsense. They give a small percenetage of 5s. They simply will not give everyone a 5.

If they are all serious about it, get rid of test optional first.

Anonymous wrote:This is not unusual for some top schools.

You can easily google the AP credit policies for HYPSM if you want to see the details.

Even many "non-top" schools only give credit for 5s.

Anonymous wrote:DC's HYP doesn't give any credit for APs. You can place out of certain classes, but it is very very limited. And it has to be a 5.

This makes sense. APs are community college level, not IvyPlus/"New Ivy" level.

Anonymous wrote:UChicago only accepts AP5s for each exam, is this normal for T20 or is it the only school that is this strict? I think it says something about their rigor but kid was surprised you don't get out of much, used only for placement or elective credit with the 5. Does HYPSM do this??

I don't think any top school should accept APs for credit - APs are not equal to UChicago level rigor, APs are community college level. Why would anyone think that is equal to a top college class credit?

Anonymous wrote:Anything less than a 5 on an AP exam is a red flag. Requiring 5s is exactly what I would expect.

This.

Consider how AP exam standards have eroded, excuse me, "recalibrated" so you have to be pretty dumb to not get a 5.

DC's HYP doesn't give any credit for APs. You can place out of certain classes, but it is very very limited. And it has to be a 5.

Anything less than a 5 on an AP exam is a red flag. Requiring 5s is exactly what I would expect.

Anonymous wrote:If top colleges accepted unlimited APs every kid would graduate in 3 years. Going to a school like this is a 4 year experience. Everyone doing everything together is part of it.

Among the top colleges I believe Hopkins accepts unlimited APs or at least a very large number of APs. They are very confident in the quality of their students, and encourage students to take upper level courses or graduate level courses, or double, triple majors. Hopkins does not have legacy preference, and went back to test required this year. All their students are highly competent, there is no need to restrict AP credits.