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<p>I’ve been wondering about this, because I too took 4 AP exams 30 years ago. Frankly, I can’t imagine having taken more. Those classes were HARD, among some of the hardest I’ve ever taken in a life which has included far too much school. Has there been some tremendous increase in the intelligence of current high school students relative to their parents? Or, though I hesitate to suggest it, could the tests have been, omg, dumbed down? </p>
<p>Obviously, I could be far dumber than I think I am :), but my high school classmates have the same feeling about our AP classes. Maybe mass delusion is another possibility.</p>