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<p>As evidenced by common postings like the following:</p>
<p>High school student: “Is my schedule rigorous enough to get admitted to [selective university]? Should I take AP [whatever] instead of honors [whatever]?”</p>
<p>compared to:</p>
<p>Incoming freshman at some university: “I got a 5 on AP Calculus BC. Should I take Calculus 1 for an easy A?”</p>
<p>(Granted, academic sandbagging for GPA is effectively encouraged by medical and law school admission practices that consider GPA without considering the context of course rigor; if university freshman admissions can consider the context of course rigor, why can’t medical and law school admissions?)</p>