Seeking input on senior year course selection

skieurope
Fri, 10 Feb 2017 22:16:02 +0000

It’s just that fewer AP classes in senior year than junior year may seem odd for the most ambitious -

It’s not odd. For Seniors, in addition to the regular courses, there is also the hidden course, College Applications and Essays, and colleges know that. Regardless, 3 vs. 4 is not a deal breaker.

I’m just concerned that she is not taking the most difficult class available

Assuming that the GC rates the schedule as “most rigorous” (and with 11 AP’s it should be rated as such), an AO is not going to do a deep dive into the schedule by year. Although your daughter will spend hours and hours on the application, the AO will spend 12-15 minutes reading it tops.

Many students applying to top schools do not take both AP Lang and AP Lit for the reason given above that many colleges will not give credit for both.

The honors advanced math class is definitely deemed more legit than AP stats at her school.

And will likely be viewed by AO’s as such, or at least on par. Many HS’s offer courses without the AP designation that are as advanced or more so than AP.

Neither the English not the math selection is worth worrying about.