Relative importance of AP's

riquiquisimo
Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:48:24 +0000

Its always difficult to say how much “outside” grades matter…I can tell you that I did take classes at my city’s CC for 3 semesters as a dual credit HS student, and I also took online courses through stanford’s epgy program. Getting outside grades can’t hurt. (unless you get bad grades) I highly recommend taking classes outside of the house through institutions that are believed to be more “credible”. It worked for my brother and I. (MIT and Rice, respectively)

I only took 1 AP: AP biology. Looking back, if I had taken more (and passed them of course) I could have made it easier on myself in college by lightening my course-load or I could have made double majoring easier. And I am quite disappointed in your local high school. If they are homeschool unfriendly it may be in your interest not to even bother with them, but if it were me I would file a complaint to the college board. I don’t think they have the authority to not allow your kids to take the PSAT at their school.