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Should be required reading for ... anyone encouraging "the most challenging courseload" for senior year. (emphasis added)
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"... we expect that they have taken high school course loads of reasonable and appropriate challenge" (from the linked report)
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I am on record elsewhere as recommending "the most challenging courseload" for senior year... for students who are excited about that and eager for it. Assuming that "the most challenging courseload" is an inappropriate choice for such students would be a mistake. If my S hadn't had the option of filling his schedule with the most rigorous courses, most at or beyond the AP level, he would have been bored silly and less prepared for the rigor he's already encountered freshman year (which he feels totally prepared for, by the way). You are absolutely right to note that this will not be right for every student and should not be assumed as a requirement for admission to top universities. My point is that for some students, it is
precisely the right choice, and there is nothing wrong with that.