<p>My son (a rising senior) took most of the honors / AP classes that his peers took / are taking in their junior an senior years as a freshman and sophomore. He is now challenging himself by taking several difficult courses over and above what the HS offers. When we talked about the fact that it might hurt his rank / GPA by doing so since not all of the courses he is taking are weighted, he responded that he would rather learn something new that he is interested in than play the GPA game. Gotta respect the kid. Sometimes the students are less concerned about all of the gamesmanship than their parents.</p>