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Originally Posted by gblake
Additionally, I suspect that AP classes are a lousy way to invest the talents of students who can do well in ACT style testing.
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What do you mean by this? Chances are if you are clever enough to get a 32, just getting through Algebra II by senior year will be pretty darn boring. You might as well get college credit if you can handle the advanced material. I understand that for some smaller schools it isn't financially viable to offer classes that only 2 students can take, but other than that I think its a no-brainer. Thanks to Maine's magnet school, I took enough AP classes to get finish my engineering degree in 3 years. And even one or two AP classes means one or two more interesting classes you can take.
Vex, FRC, TSA, PLTW, etc. are great, but AP credits make a real difference in your bottom line (and why take a class again if you already learned the material?).