<p>^^ and to add to what beth’s mom explains, these schools that have restrictive AP requirements usually do not have a blurb on the school profile that explains how difficult it is for kids to “get into” the AP classes…so in college admissions process, unless you have a very “in tune” guidance office, your HS is compared to local public HS down the block where the kids take oodles and oodles of AP courses whenever they want, get A’s in them and get 2’s on the tests (which the colleges, of couse, don’t know about because it’s not part of their admissions process)…</p>
<p>I’m not even talking about tippy top schools with tippy top kids necessarily (although I’m sure it has a strong effect there)…</p>