It’s interesting reading your’s and others accounts of the HS rigor and college app process in the 80s. DH’S school was similar to your experience, but I didn’t know that until D20 started the process. Reading these responses, I’m realizing my school may not have been the norm; it was a low SES district, and we only had 2 tracks, Tech and college prep. I’d never even heard of AP classes and most kids either didn’t go to college or went to a close in-state school. Most were 1st gen college students, so we didn’t even know all this stuff existed. It’s quite fascinating to read how prevalent these opportunities were.
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