<p>The AP grade doesn’t always reveal much. What was your son’s AP Physic’s score? If he didn’t take the AP exam, then his grade doesn’t reveal much.</p>
<p>I don’t know your child’s school but I do know this…</p>
<p>I live about equal distance between 2 large public high schools. One school has a pretty good honors/AP track where many kids score well on AP exams. The students at the other school don’t even bother to take the AP exam because past history has shown that few - if any - ever score above a 2 on any of their exams. Yet, from both schools, students emerge with “A’s” on their transcripts. Therefore, an A in an AP class really doesn’t tell you much.</p>
<p>And, frankly, AP teachers who KNOW many/most of their students aren’t going to take the AP exam have little incentive to make sure their students get a full AP education in the subject. I think schools should require upfront payment for exams when kids sign up for AP classes.</p>
<p>Regarding AP exams: At my high school, if you take an AP class, you have to take the exam, with few exceptions. They have the AP exam be the final for the class.</p>
<p>I think that AP exams are irrelevant in this discussion. Stressful, challenging high schools teach beyond the level on the test (at least I assume so… otherwise they wouldn’t be stressful). It is perfectly possible to take a number of APs with no stress and still get 5s on the exams.</p>
<p>SingDanceRunLife :>>>They have the AP exam be the final for the class.<<< But my son’s AP scores were delivered in July or even August, I think. Wouldn’t that cause a problem with the transcripts?</p>
<p>R124687,
Sorry to burst your bubble, but no, not at my school.
The kids that take a full load of APs don’t really have time to be a teenager; I have many friends who do this and they are always complaining about the little rest they get and how they don’t have much fun in their life.</p>
<p>Anyways, I would be taking around nine APs by the time I graduate, so it’s a middle ground, there has to be a happy medium…
No???</p>