How important are rigorous classes for high profile MT schools?

CaMom13
Thu, 25 Apr 2019 18:25:02 +0000

ITA with @speezagmom - my D took the AP/honors classes she wanted and skipped the others. She opted out of taking Calculus as a senior despite dire warnings from her guidance counselor. She did what was right for her and her education and NYU accepted her anyway. She did get good grades, take a rigorous schedule and she had good scores but she balanced her workload with outside activities.

On your list of schools - and I hope that list gets bigger - only NU is purely academic. U Mich has a threshhold for applications and it’s not super high. CMU doesn’t consider academics at all and NYU is 50/50.

I say - embrace your education but don’t take such a heavy load that you can’t work on your triple threat, perform for fun and enjoy your years in high school. They go fast.