<p>How much will this hurt an applicant at top schools (Princeton/Duke/Dartmouth/Williams/Middlebury)?
I’ve taken all honors/AP classes except for in the foreign language track.<br>
I know there’s not really room for excuses, but I was not allowed to take honors, even though I wanted to (my parents didn’t let me sign up for it, they didn’t want me doing all honors/AP because they thought I’d be overwhelmed).
I’ve done well in the language, though. I won some gold awards for the national exam, as well as some department/class awards at my school, and I’m studying a language on my own now (since its not offered at school).</p>
<p>Coming from a very competitive school where there are other students who did take all honors/AP including foreign language, would the differences in schedule rigor be a very large factor in distinguishing candidates?</p>