Advanced Placement. I am paying for them to do community college classes instead. Admission is relatively easy into our state colleges so they have no stress with that regard. Merit money is difficult to get (my older daughter is an exceptional student going into a major with few women - mechanical engineering- and she only got about half of her first year tuition in scholarships). The key is that we try to double count every possible community college class (for high school and college). This not only reduces the stress, but it cuts time off the back end of their time in college (2 1/2 years for my older daughter and possibly less than two years for my younger daughter who is looking at an accelerated BSNursing program). Another advantage is that you can split finals (college finals coming before the high school ones). Online classes also allow a student to control their time better by selecting, within a window, when to take an exam.
It is not a measure of worth. It is a matter of dollars. You can accomplish pretty much the same thing with a degree from a flagship state school as you can from an exclusive private school without the additional stress (this may not be the case in states like Michigan and Virginia though). I am thankful for our three state schools.
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