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antigop

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2. in my state, a lot of the highschools give weighted credit for AP, but not dual credit.

Reply to exboyfil (Reply #1)

Mon May 19, 2014, 11:02 PM

May 2014

So if you take a dual credit class instead of an AP class, your GPA will be less than a student who gets the same grade in an AP class.

The highschool students feel "forced" into taking AP so they can have a better class ranking due to weighted credit for AP classes.

I think this is wrong.

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Crossing the Line: How the Academic Rat Race Is Making Our Kids Sick [View all] antigop May 2014 OP

Neither one of my kids is doing exboyfil May 2014 #1

in my state, a lot of the highschools give weighted credit for AP, but not dual credit. antigop May 2014 #2

Our school is unusual in that exboyfil May 2014 #3

College admissions people make them re-figure that. knitter4democracy May 2014 #4

The weighted gpa impacts your class ranking, nt antigop May 2014 #5

Which gets you squat in most colleges. knitter4democracy May 2014 #6

in Texas, if you are in the top 10% you get automatic admission to state colleges antigop May 2014 #7

I could see this if you're in Texas. knitter4democracy May 2014 #10

fwiw...... antigop May 2014 #8

Amen to that. AP parents are a whole 'nother bunch. knitter4democracy May 2014 #9