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Why couldn’t they come up with a list that ranks simply by the percentage of students who took at least one AP exam? To my thinking that would be far superior to what they’re actually doing. It’s one thing to say that students who take at least one AP are better off than students who take none at all; I could buy that, I think. It’s entirely another to say that the more APs students take, the better off they are.</p>
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Yes, it would be and is. So why does Newsweek choose to rank in a way that encourages it?</p>