<p>I’m happy that I chose a public HS that offers good quality AP classes, and the hard ones are easily college-level. My senior kid will wind up with about 10 APs. He’s a good student, and he really enjoys taking the challenging courses.</p>
<p>Also, my wallet will be happier if his college accepts the credits, and in fact that will be a consideration when analyzing costs this coming spring. It could make the difference in whether some schools become viable on a cost basis.</p>
<p>I suppose there are stressed out kids who are taking APs as part of some kind of “arms race”, but I don’t understand those families. Frankly, that’s not my concern - they’ll find some way to screw up with or without APs.</p>
<p>Some students need the advanced coursework; it’s no different than a kid with other kinds of special needs. It would be fairly annoying if the AP option wasn’t there for the kids who really need it. Schools can go cut somewhere else.</p>