Anonymous
12/16/2025 15:07
Subject: If your child went to a private school that does not offer AP classes, how did that affect their college outcomes?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:For a selective private school, the lack of APs will not matter at all. In fact, admissions officers know that selective private schools often have much harder curriculums than public schools with AP. From my own personal perspective, my kids just switched from an elite private school to a very well regarded public due to a family move and are taking all AP classes, and the AP classes are infinitely easier than what they were taking in the private school.
I have literally heard a senior admissions officer from the University of Michigan say that DC's private school has a more rigorous curriculum than public schools with AP or IB.
I don't believe you. Tell us the context.
Sigh. Well, I don't think you will believe me regardless of what I say but the context was an admissions webinar for the parents of the school. There were 3 other schools represented, Wisconsin, Miami and a fourth that escapes me.
Anonymous
12/16/2025 14:53
Subject: If your child went to a private school that does not offer AP classes, how did that affect their college outcomes?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:For a selective private school, the lack of APs will not matter at all. In fact, admissions officers know that selective private schools often have much harder curriculums than public schools with AP. From my own personal perspective, my kids just switched from an elite private school to a very well regarded public due to a family move and are taking all AP classes, and the AP classes are infinitely easier than what they were taking in the private school.
I have literally heard a senior admissions officer from the University of Michigan say that DC's private school has a more rigorous curriculum than public schools with AP or IB.
I don't believe you. Tell us the context.
Anonymous
12/16/2025 14:44
Subject: If your child went to a private school that does not offer AP classes, how did that affect their college outcomes?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:For a selective private school, the lack of APs will not matter at all. In fact, admissions officers know that selective private schools often have much harder curriculums than public schools with AP. From my own personal perspective, my kids just switched from an elite private school to a very well regarded public due to a family move and are taking all AP classes, and the AP classes are infinitely easier than what they were taking in the private school.
I have literally heard a senior admissions officer from the University of Michigan say that DC's private school has a more rigorous curriculum than public schools with AP or IB.
And I could say that the same admissions officer said that students from public magnets have a more rigorous curriculum than your DC's private school. Because that's how it works with unsourced comments from internet randos.