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(FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) - In an effort to race to the top, ambitious high school students are weighing themselves down.

Hoping to impress college admission directors, students are loading up on AP classes.
             
As a story in this Sunday's Globe Magazine reveals, this approach could actually backfire.

Linda Wertheimer, former education editor of the Globe who put this story together, has more.