How common is going to a more selective college without advanced courses in high school?

This is Princeton ‘26 - the caveat is that several of the big name prep schools don’t designate classes as AP.

@ucbalumnus you might find the “pre-college studies” section interesting. But is it representative of similarly selective schools?

I think this one qualifies as solid achievement. Getting to level 4 of a language (as long as you did 4 years - that seems to be the preference) is great. I don’t think S will be penalized for finishing in 4 (though all Honors) having started in 1 vs D finishing in AP having started in 2. I don’t even believe D2 was at any significant advantage by having started in 3 and therefore finishing in post AP 5.

I admit to being surprised at the very large number of kids with post BC classes, but I also don’t believe it offers any significant advantage over the kids who completed AP Calculus. So much of that is determined by the track you get put on years earlier/what kind of track is available to you in MS. The international students at are school are almost always ahead from the start. Where I think it can hurt you is that if you choose to take Stats instead of MV for example.

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