Yes of course you should look at each college’s requirements, both for admission and for graduation – but unless she is already in love with a particular school, you are pretty early in the game as your daughter is only a sophomore. So you’ve got a full year before you have to worry about senior schedule – at this point you are only mapping out a rough plan.
Honestly, it never occurred to me to look at any college admission requirements beyond our home state university. I figured that as long as my kids met those requirements, they would have plenty of schools to choose from, and I was right.
As a parent, the more important thing at this stage is to think about finances. Unless you are happy to pay full cost, you need to consider whether your family is going to qualify for need-based financial aid or whether you are going to want to steer your daughter to schools likely to offer significant merit money.
Getting into college is the easy part. Paying is the hard part.