Oh no, my rank!

R124687
Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:01:01 +0000

At my D’s school(s)…kids take APs starting in 9th. FORGET it if you’re not in all honors right from the start. And many take their unweighted courses (PE, technical, speech, health) online or in summer school…to leave more slots open for AP/honors/weighted classes. It’s quite competitive at the top. Almost everyone has at least one non-weighted class though, in the arts, so as to fulfill either their IB requirements or show well roundedness. But it drags you down, to be sure.