<p>My kids took a fair number of AP courses, but they were primarily math/sci related - Calc, Bio, Chem, Phy, Comp Sci… None of them had a desire to do courses like Euro Hist or Gov and I was OK with that. While APs aren’t necessarily “college level” courses, the big advantage was there was a curriculum that a teacher couldn’t just ignore and just teach a bit off fluff and say, “I’ve taught you such-and-such, and you’re done”. There was some level of pressure to cover all the topics, and if the teacher fell behind, the student would at least realize this and do some self study.</p>