Originally Posted by Val
I steer my son away from AP courses. Why take an AP course when you can just take an actual college course? Yes, I know why people take them, IMO, they aren't generally worth it.
In our case, we aren't near any college campuses, so I look to AP as an opportunity to expose him to some of the rigor -- at least in comparison to the usual HS courses. There's no GATE program around these parts... and no Honors. So it's either CP, with little if any ability grouping, or AP.

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