<p>Sometimes, top schools like SPS and Peddie don’t offer many APs because their regular courses are already at the Advanced Placement level. Also when a student applies to college their school sends a profile of all the courses offered and the colleges become familiar with those particular schools. Colleges want to see the student full advantage of the most advanced courses as they can. If a student @ boarding doesn’t take many APs because not many APs are offered the colleges will take that information into consideration. They know for example that the coursework at SPS is as advanced as AP classes so they won’t penalize the student for not taking APs because in truth the coursework at any particular boarding school is usually at the level or surpasses the AP level. </p>
<p>So in a nutshell, because schools like Peddie and SPS have such an advanced courseload/offerings, they don’t have to offer AP classes becuase their academic program is already considered advanced. When applying to colleges they will know this and not penalize a student for not taking APs especially at an advanced boarding high school. </p>
<p>Hope this helps!</p>