Anonymous wrote:Would you suggest a student with 4 on AP Gov retake it?

Anonymous wrote:Is it worth it to retake the AP exam next year?

Anonymous wrote:DS was expecting a 5 but got a 4. Rising sophomore and first AP.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. We are surprised too about the 3. We thought she’s score a 4/5 based on prep tests. Anyways, I’ve always told DD study first for school (get As) next is prepare for SAT and third priority is APs.

These are probably the best priorities for most kids. Doing well in school is probably the most important task. There is no need to take too many AP courses. You can signal academic rigor and ability to handle AP exams without taking tons of APs. A couple in sophomore year and three or four per year in 11th and 12th should be plenty for a high achieving kid.

You are kidding, right? That is 10 APs!! Is that a normal average amount?

high performing kids (like magnet kids) take ~16 or more APs.

I posted earlier about my kid who took only six APs and got into a top 20 (his first choice) because he went to a private school that does not offer APs in freshman and sophomore year. This is normal in my opinion, and the MCPS approach is ridiculous. My kid was able to have a normal high school experience is still have successful college admissions. An MCPS student, however, in order to get admission to a top 20 would have to take 10 or more APs. Someone asked me how I know this, and I will respond by saying I have many friends with kids who just went through the admissions process, and kids with ten or more APs and SAT in the high 1500's were being rejected left and right from top schools. Sad.

ok, so the answer to the question is: you don't know this.

Friends with kids who just graduated from MCPS with very high test scores and GPAs with many many APs. I went through the agony and stress these parents went through with their kids who worked their buts off in school but are going to UMD or other no name SLACs because they couldn't get into their top choice schools.

So answer is I DO know because this is first hand knowledge.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. We are surprised too about the 3. We thought she’s score a 4/5 based on prep tests. Anyways, I’ve always told DD study first for school (get As) next is prepare for SAT and third priority is APs.

These are probably the best priorities for most kids. Doing well in school is probably the most important task. There is no need to take too many AP courses. You can signal academic rigor and ability to handle AP exams without taking tons of APs. A couple in sophomore year and three or four per year in 11th and 12th should be plenty for a high achieving kid.

You are kidding, right? That is 10 APs!! Is that a normal average amount?

high performing kids (like magnet kids) take ~16 or more APs.

I posted earlier about my kid who took only six APs and got into a top 20 (his first choice) because he went to a private school that does not offer APs in freshman and sophomore year. This is normal in my opinion, and the MCPS approach is ridiculous. My kid was able to have a normal high school experience is still have successful college admissions. An MCPS student, however, in order to get admission to a top 20 would have to take 10 or more APs. Someone asked me how I know this, and I will respond by saying I have many friends with kids who just went through the admissions process, and kids with ten or more APs and SAT in the high 1500's were being rejected left and right from top schools. Sad.

ok, so the answer to the question is: you don't know this.

Friends with kids who just graduated from MCPS with very high test scores and GPAs with many many APs. I went through the agony and stress these parents went through with their kids who worked their buts off in school but are going to UMD or other no name SLACs because they couldn't get into their top choice schools.

So answer is I DO know because this is first hand knowledge.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. We are surprised too about the 3. We thought she’s score a 4/5 based on prep tests. Anyways, I’ve always told DD study first for school (get As) next is prepare for SAT and third priority is APs.

These are probably the best priorities for most kids. Doing well in school is probably the most important task. There is no need to take too many AP courses. You can signal academic rigor and ability to handle AP exams without taking tons of APs. A couple in sophomore year and three or four per year in 11th and 12th should be plenty for a high achieving kid.

You are kidding, right? That is 10 APs!! Is that a normal average amount?

high performing kids (like magnet kids) take ~16 or more APs.

I posted earlier about my kid who took only six APs and got into a top 20 (his first choice) because he went to a private school that does not offer APs in freshman and sophomore year. This is normal in my opinion, and the MCPS approach is ridiculous. My kid was able to have a normal high school experience is still have successful college admissions. An MCPS student, however, in order to get admission to a top 20 would have to take 10 or more APs. Someone asked me how I know this, and I will respond by saying I have many friends with kids who just went through the admissions process, and kids with ten or more APs and SAT in the high 1500's were being rejected left and right from top schools. Sad.

ok, so the answer to the question is: you don't know this.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. We are surprised too about the 3. We thought she’s score a 4/5 based on prep tests. Anyways, I’ve always told DD study first for school (get As) next is prepare for SAT and third priority is APs.

These are probably the best priorities for most kids. Doing well in school is probably the most important task. There is no need to take too many AP courses. You can signal academic rigor and ability to handle AP exams without taking tons of APs. A couple in sophomore year and three or four per year in 11th and 12th should be plenty for a high achieving kid.

You are kidding, right? That is 10 APs!! Is that a normal average amount?

high performing kids (like magnet kids) take ~16 or more APs.

I posted earlier about my kid who took only six APs and got into a top 20 (his first choice) because he went to a private school that does not offer APs in freshman and sophomore year. This is normal in my opinion, and the MCPS approach is ridiculous. My kid was able to have a normal high school experience is still have successful college admissions. An MCPS student, however, in order to get admission to a top 20 would have to take 10 or more APs. Someone asked me how I know this, and I will respond by saying I have many friends with kids who just went through the admissions process, and kids with ten or more APs and SAT in the high 1500's were being rejected left and right from top schools. Sad.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. We are surprised too about the 3. We thought she’s score a 4/5 based on prep tests. Anyways, I’ve always told DD study first for school (get As) next is prepare for SAT and third priority is APs.

These are probably the best priorities for most kids. Doing well in school is probably the most important task. There is no need to take too many AP courses. You can signal academic rigor and ability to handle AP exams without taking tons of APs. A couple in sophomore year and three or four per year in 11th and 12th should be plenty for a high achieving kid.

You are kidding, right? That is 10 APs!! Is that a normal average amount?

high performing kids (like magnet kids) take ~16 or more APs.

LOL, no, they do not. My Blair magnet kid took ten AP exams, which is at the high end of typical.

Maybe not at Blair but definitely true for RMIB. Mine took 16 APs and 6 IBs. Some of her IB friends took more APs than that.

And you think this is good?

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. We are surprised too about the 3. We thought she’s score a 4/5 based on prep tests. Anyways, I’ve always told DD study first for school (get As) next is prepare for SAT and third priority is APs.

These are probably the best priorities for most kids. Doing well in school is probably the most important task. There is no need to take too many AP courses. You can signal academic rigor and ability to handle AP exams without taking tons of APs. A couple in sophomore year and three or four per year in 11th and 12th should be plenty for a high achieving kid.

You are kidding, right? That is 10 APs!! Is that a normal average amount?

high performing kids (like magnet kids) take ~16 or more APs.

LOL, no, they do not. My Blair magnet kid took ten AP exams, which is at the high end of typical.

Maybe not at Blair but definitely true for RMIB. Mine took 16 APs and 6 IBs. Some of her IB friends took more APs than that.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. We are surprised too about the 3. We thought she’s score a 4/5 based on prep tests. Anyways, I’ve always told DD study first for school (get As) next is prepare for SAT and third priority is APs.

These are probably the best priorities for most kids. Doing well in school is probably the most important task. There is no need to take too many AP courses. You can signal academic rigor and ability to handle AP exams without taking tons of APs. A couple in sophomore year and three or four per year in 11th and 12th should be plenty for a high achieving kid.

You are kidding, right? That is 10 APs!! Is that a normal average amount?

high performing kids (like magnet kids) take ~16 or more APs.

LOL, no, they do not. My Blair magnet kid took ten AP exams, which is at the high end of typical.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. We are surprised too about the 3. We thought she’s score a 4/5 based on prep tests. Anyways, I’ve always told DD study first for school (get As) next is prepare for SAT and third priority is APs.

These are probably the best priorities for most kids. Doing well in school is probably the most important task. There is no need to take too many AP courses. You can signal academic rigor and ability to handle AP exams without taking tons of APs. A couple in sophomore year and three or four per year in 11th and 12th should be plenty for a high achieving kid.

You are kidding, right? That is 10 APs!! Is that a normal average amount?

high performing kids (like magnet kids) take ~16 or more APs.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. We are surprised too about the 3. We thought she’s score a 4/5 based on prep tests. Anyways, I’ve always told DD study first for school (get As) next is prepare for SAT and third priority is APs.

These are probably the best priorities for most kids. Doing well in school is probably the most important task. There is no need to take too many AP courses. You can signal academic rigor and ability to handle AP exams without taking tons of APs. A couple in sophomore year and three or four per year in 11th and 12th should be plenty for a high achieving kid.

You are kidding, right? That is 10 APs!! Is that a normal average amount?

high performing kids (like magnet kids) take ~16 or more APs.

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Did any parents here say they logged on to their kids' accounts?

However, I do agree with you on the fact that MCPS is over the top with AP offerings. Two in 9th grade? Why put your kid through this...well the fact is, you really have no choice if you are in one of the higher performing MCPS schools. If you want your kid to be competitive in college admissions, he/she will need to compete against his/her fellow students...and that means taking as many APs as possible. So if your school starts offering APs in 9th grade and there are two available, well, your off to the races!!

So glad we pulled DS out after middle school to go to a more sane environment for high school. He didn't have an AP course until his junior year and took six in all. He got into a very good top 20 university. He would have had to take at least four additional APs to get admission to this school had he been enrolled in MCPS. So sad your kids have to suffer so.

They told you this? If not, how do you know?