Relative importance of AP's

danas
Sat, 08 May 2010 23:44:44 +0000

APs are important only insofar as people want college credit or placement, and then not so much. Do you want to hurry through college? I guess there could be a financial angle, but I don’t have the idea that that is the way your family is thinking.
You can avoid the local high school foolishness by taking SAT Subject Tests. A superior Latin test result would, IMO, be very impressive. I live in the Midwest and know a young home schooler in my neighborhood who I feel certain did very well on the Latin test, and who I know picked up ancient Greek as well. She attended and I think will soon graduate from the University of Chicago.
An 800 or thereabouts is bound to get admissions folks attention. A young person with that interest and that command is just that rare.
I’ve had two kids so far who went through the college admissions process without trouble with Subject Tests, but no APs. APs were just too long and expensive, unless you want college credit before starting college.