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lfm
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Posted: Wed Nov 21st, 2007 11:09 pm |
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We are holding off - if ds gets into caltech, he isnt going to take the APs at all, because they wont give him credit. Depending on other acceptances, he may take some, all, or none. He is scheduled for 4.
Since we homeschool, he takes it at a local private high school, and they charge $83. Last year he took compsci AB. They thought one of their students was taking it, too, but that didnt happen, so they proctored my son, alone. I offered to reimburse them for the cost of the proctor, but they told me they were happy to help out. Classy!
I sure hope he gets into Caltech! It would be nice to be free of APs, but of course, this will be the first year my dd takes them.
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Consolation
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Posted: Wed Nov 21st, 2007 11:43 pm |
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Good luck with Caltech, lfm. Did he go ED or EA (not sure what they have)? BTW, it is my understanding that the AP fee we pay is set by the College Board. Judging by some of the earlier posts, some schools may be tacking on something extra: getting entreprenurial?
I also did some surfing around on the new audit site, and discovered that the Harvard-Westlake school, featured in The Gatekeepers, offers a whopping 29 APs!
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lfm
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Posted: Thu Nov 22nd, 2007 12:27 am |
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Consolation wrote: Good luck with Caltech, lfm. Did he go ED or EA (not sure what they have)? BTW, it is my understanding that the AP fee we pay is set by the College Board. Judging by some of the earlier posts, some schools may be tacking on something extra: getting entreprenurial?
I also did some surfing around on the new audit site, and discovered that the Harvard-Westlake school, featured in The Gatekeepers, offers a whopping 29 APs!
He applied EA, so we will know in about 3 weeks. He also applied EA to MIT. The Christmas holiday will be so much nicer if he gets in. If he gets into one of them, we go camping. If not, we stay home and yell at each other.
Jeff took his APs at Polytechnic, but he did take the AMC/AIME/USAMO at Harvard Westlake when he was in 10th grade. The HW headmaster was really sweet, and said my kids can take tests there whenever they need to. I will probably take him up on that- dd is taking Human Geography, which Poly does not offer.
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leftcoast
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Posted: Thu Nov 22nd, 2007 09:21 am |
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Consolation -- if the fees will be a financial hardship for you, have your son ask whether there are any funds available through the school to bring the cost down. I balked when my daughter was a senior and they wanted money for several APs -- it was then we also learned that my d's school also requires all students in AP classes to take the test, so there was small amount of PTA money available for subsidies, and that there was a policy to help out students who had taken more than 3 tests overall -- since my daughter had taken (and paid for) two APs the previous year, she qualified for a fee reduction her senior year. It think it was only something like $25 per test -- but at that point every little bit helped.
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safisher
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Posted: Fri Nov 23rd, 2007 03:16 pm |
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| Just got a bill for $103 for one AP test. Parochial school in Bay Area. Not particularly happy but in line with other outrageous costs in the Bay Area.
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openmind
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Posted: Tue Nov 27th, 2007 04:35 am |
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| Fairfax County in VA absorbs all costs of AP and IB exams, no limit on the number per year. Students are required to take the exam if they want the weighted grade (A=4.5...)
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outwest
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Posted: Tue Nov 27th, 2007 05:04 am |
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openmind, Now that sounds like a good plan. Our HS has some trouble getting the kids to take them, usually because of the cost. Te kids slated for the community colleges usually don't pay the fee because, lets face it, one full semester at them is only a couple hundred bucks.
The only way your system would work, though, is if the school paid for the tests. That isn't something most public schools are going to take on. Too bad, I like the idea.
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Lupine
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Posted: Mon Dec 3rd, 2007 10:51 pm |
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Just got the email today -- $85 per exam, though the email did explain what you needed to do if you were eligible for a reduced fee or waiver. Points to them.
We're also using an outside company this year to conduct the registrations on-line, which at least sounds like a step forward from writing the same blankety-blank info over and over again. We shall see. They're saying that the deadline for registration is January 18th -- the regular cost IB deadline already passed, but I know that kids can add additional tests at a higher fee later. (I believe that the higher fees on the IB exams are a local determination to get more of the kids to get the paperwork completed in a timely manner.)
The College Board has a fee reduction for qualified students and counselors are supposed to have the information on how that is applied; some states or school districts have additional contributions that can further reduce the amount needed.
(My minor rant here -- I wish more schools were better at publicizing kid friendly ways of getting fee waivers and reductions. Too many of these go unused because families don't necessarily know about them or the way you ask for one is awkward. Not too many high school students want to go into the counseling office and explain to the secretary that they'd like to see a counselor in order to get a low-income fee waiver. )
Last edited on Mon Dec 3rd, 2007 10:57 pm by Lupine
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