Importance of rigorous academic classes?

soozievt
Tue, 24 May 2011 08:18:42 +0000

checkbook, I don’t know what state you are in, but the rule of three APs to gain admission to a state school is not true in our state. Many high schools don’t even offer APs or if they do, they only offer a couple of them. Also, in our state college system, and in particular the colleges that are NOT the state flagship, it is often the students who are not the top students who attend these colleges.

Typically (speaking of colleges in general), a college doesn’t require a certain number of AP classes to gain admissions, but rather colleges examine the rigor of your chosen HS curriculum in the context of your own high school. They prefer to see students who have taken a very demanding curriculum. The most selective colleges want to see students who have taken the MOST demanding curriculum available to them. But what these courses are called varies from HS to HS and a student’s level of course rigor will be determined within the context of their high school’s school profile document.