<p>My point is if my kid had moved to that school and they only looked at APs then my kid wouldn’t have been as competitive as those students, but in fact the rigor of her courses were probably compatible. That’s what happened to my kid when she moved junior year. She hadn’t taken any APs because they weren’t offered at her old school, but her new school had offered APs since 9th grade. My kid had 1.5 year to bring her GPA up relative to students at her new school, not the case for OP’s son.</p>