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Anonymous wrote:Is it just me or does anyone else think this is crazy? It sounds like the district would just rather not develop it's own rigorous classes. Can anyone take AP courses? What is the district's pass rate for the AP exams? Where do they publish that info?

You probably don't live or don't have kids the "district", but here:
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/press/index.aspx?pagetype=showrelease&id=8161&type=archive&startYear=2017&pageNumber=3&mode=

I live in Silver Spring and I think it's crazy.

I took 5 AP classes and got college credit for all of them when I was in HS ages ago. I thought even that was probably too many!

MCPS pushes kids into AP even if they're not ready. It's ridiculous to push 9th graders into APUSH. Eons ago, kids were told to wait until 11th grade to take their AP classes.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid will take 9 by graduation. No idea if that's more/less than normal at her school.

Kids nowadays will have zero chance at a good life unless they take at least 13 AP classes. Must get all A's, of course.

So my kid actually will have taken 13 AP classes. My kid's idea, and I'm fine with it, other than the $1300+ the College Board wants me to pay for it. But I think that kids with fewer than 13 AP classes will turn out just as well.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it just me or does anyone else think this is crazy? It sounds like the district would just rather not develop it's own rigorous classes. Can anyone take AP courses? What is the district's pass rate for the AP exams? Where do they publish that info?

APs are open enrollment to increase equity but just makes the classes less rigorous while making kids more likely to not be well equipped. The low level APs (humanities) are easier than STEM honors classes

My kid goes to a private school and the only kids who can get into an AP class is by successful completion of a pre-req honors class. Makes much more sense than just letting anyone enroll.

Why?

9th - AP Gov
10th - APUSH, Macro and Micro
11th - APES, AP World, AP Lang, AP Gov Pol Comp

No idea how many she is signed up for next year, but I am sure there are several. Other kids also take AP foreign lang and AP bio, chem and/or physics, so I can see how the number of APs can go even higher.

My child has gotten all 5s on the 4 AP exams taken to date and that will likely continue.

ap nsl, ap pysch, ap chinese, apush, apmwh, ap bio, ap calc (either ab or bc), ap lit or lang (haven't decided)

PP sorry 9 total

1 Freshman, 1 Sophomore, 2 junior, 5 senior year. 8 total- guess my magnet kid is doomed for Community College.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it just me or does anyone else think this is crazy? It sounds like the district would just rather not develop it's own rigorous classes. Can anyone take AP courses? What is the district's pass rate for the AP exams? Where do they publish that info?

APs are open enrollment to increase equity but just makes the classes less rigorous while making kids more likely to not be well equipped. The low level APs (humanities) are easier than STEM honors classes

My kid goes to a private school and the only kids who can get into an AP class is by successful completion of a pre-req honors class. Makes much more sense than just letting anyone enroll.

Except for all the research showing they are helpful for all kids...

What research is that? Why would taking a college course be helpful for students who cannot handle it? They are helpful for the College Board’s wallet.

DC took 2 as a sophomore, 4 as a junior and will take 5 as a senior. None of them have been especially tough especially compared to Magnet courses. The only thing that is stressful is the exam period. It is especially tough to have two AP exams on the same day.

Anonymous wrote:My kid will take 9 by graduation. No idea if that's more/less than normal at her school.

Kids nowadays will have zero chance at a good life unless they take at least 13 AP classes. Must get all A's, of course.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it just me or does anyone else think this is crazy? It sounds like the district would just rather not develop it's own rigorous classes. Can anyone take AP courses? What is the district's pass rate for the AP exams? Where do they publish that info?

APs are open enrollment to increase equity but just makes the classes less rigorous while making kids more likely to not be well equipped. The low level APs (humanities) are easier than STEM honors classes

My kid goes to a private school and the only kids who can get into an AP class is by successful completion of a pre-req honors class. Makes much more sense than just letting anyone enroll.

Except for all the research showing they are helpful for all kids...

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it just me or does anyone else think this is crazy? It sounds like the district would just rather not develop it's own rigorous classes. Can anyone take AP courses? What is the district's pass rate for the AP exams? Where do they publish that info?

APs are open enrollment to increase equity but just makes the classes less rigorous while making kids more likely to not be well equipped. The low level APs (humanities) are easier than STEM honors classes

My kid goes to a private school and the only kids who can get into an AP class is by successful completion of a pre-req honors class. Makes much more sense than just letting anyone enroll.

Anonymous wrote:DD just registered for her senior year classes and will have taken 11 APs. This seems like a lot to me but she insists she’s in the middle of the pack (and her counselor agrees as far as college bound kids go). How many did your kid take?

That sounds like a reasonably rigorous curriculum. I wouldn’t worry about degree of difficulty when looking at Naviance data.

We’ve been hearing that DC has too many APs. (DC is handling the work just fine and will most likely graduate with 12 APs). But it would totally not surprise me to hear something like this when we start the college planning process.

My kid will take 9 by graduation. No idea if that's more/less than normal at her school.

Anonymous wrote:Is it just me or does anyone else think this is crazy? It sounds like the district would just rather not develop it's own rigorous classes. Can anyone take AP courses? What is the district's pass rate for the AP exams? Where do they publish that info?

APs are open enrollment to increase equity but just makes the classes less rigorous while making kids more likely to not be well equipped. The low level APs (humanities) are easier than STEM honors classes