<p>I know many schools value course rigor, but is it somewhat relative to the individual? I, for example, am not a great math student, and am currently taking pre-calculus. Although honors pre-calc is a harder class, I still don’t think pre-calc is an easy class, and it would fit my definition of being rigorous (to me, at least). I did not choose pre-calculus to take the easy way out of a math course, either. </p>
<p>Do college admissions see this and sort-of “scale” course rigor for different people?</p>
<p>No I don’t think they do. How would colleges know anyway? Besides seeing the grades for those classes, students don’t report their opinions on the difficulty of those classes.</p>
<p>Course rigor is relative to the school, but not for the individual. For instance, if your school does not offer AP courses, they would not hold that again you in comparison to students from other schools who had many AP courses to choose from. But on the other hand, if your schools offers Hon. pre-calc, and you take pre-calc, then you would not be taking the most rigorous course in that subject. Still, you can always address how you found your course load challenging in your essays and through supplemental information. As another example, if a student has a learning disability and has worked hard at what may be considered an average course load, I do think this would be taken into consideration.</p>