Seeking input on senior year course selection

carbmom
Fri, 10 Feb 2017 22:04:17 +0000

@ucbalumnus Yes that speech/debate class is indeed an elective and not a “real” English class. But D already has taken 4 real HS english class, 3 honors and 1 AP, so it should meet any college’s requirement. I’m just concerned that she is not taking the most difficult class available (because she doesn’t like literature).

The honors advanced math class is definitely deemed more legit than AP stats at her school. It’s a two part two year sequence. D is taking part one this year, only 15 students in class, 11 seniors, 4 juniors. In just the EA cycle, 3 were admitted to MIT, 1 to Harvard, and 1 to Stanford. So daughter is very motivated by such incredible results and wants to take part two next year. She is taking double math this year (calc BC and advanced math 1) so I’m not worried about her math rigor. It’s just that fewer AP classes in senior year than junior year may seem odd for the most ambitious -