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I help high schoolers get into Ivy League colleges. My advice to parents is that your teens are taking too many AP classes

One of the biggest misconceptions about how to get into a top college is that students need to take as many Advanced Placement (AP) classes as possible in high school. I'm a college admissions expert, ...
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I help high schoolers get into Ivy League colleges. My advice to parents is that your teens are taking too many AP classes.

Steve Gardner, who teaches Leadership and Impact at Harvard Summer School, says not maxing out your advanced classes during high school allows you more time to align your core values with your college ...