<p>I have always been thankful for our hs district policy which typically limits AP courses to jrs/srs and also limits the number taken to 3/yr. It allows the AP courses to be taught at a college level so as to prepare our students for college work while avoiding the adverse impacts of over extending students academically in terms of sheer workload, ie it allows them to have a teenage life. In addition, the district has avoided slipping into the grade inflation quandry so typical today. Our son had a uwgpa of less than 3.5 in his academic courses but was in the top 6% of his graduating class.</p>
<p>AND, because the AP/grading policy is noted on the hs profile sent to colleges, it seemingly has no adverse impact on college admissions.</p>
<p>An ancillary benefit seems to be that our students enter college prepped to do college work without anxiety levels in hs due to excessive workloads. And that first college course C or B does not throw them for a loop because most have experienced it before.</p>
<p>As noted above our son graduated hs with a sub 3.5 uwgpa but is a graduating senior at Rensselaer with a gpa of 3.75 as a dual compsci/cogsci major.</p>