<p>Yes I’ve Read it, and where does it say that you need extra Math and Science? </p>
<p>What I see is a well rounded transcript – as it should be. A normal college prep curriculum will include exactly as you have stated. Nothing more and nothing less! Let see hum… 4 years of Math not 5 courses but 4 courses. Most schools that will be Geometry, Alg II, Pre Calc which will include Trig, and Calculus. Don’t see anything about needing to add Statistics into that. Lets see 4 years of English – that certainly doesn’t fall into the extra math and science does it. Science – one year course in Chemistry with a lab. To further enhance your competitiveness - one full year of Physics with a lab - as you say if possible. The “if possible even includes one full year of US History and again where possible European or World History. Wow I’m seeing so many examples here of “extra Math and Science” in the catalog you quoted! </p>
<p>A normal College Prep curriculum in order to graduate from our high school:</p>
<p>4 years English
3 years science: Bio, Chemistry, Physics all three with labs – guess our school requires more than USNA in the way of Science
3 years History or Social Studies including US History, World History and Government
3 years foreign language
4 years Math, at least through Pre Calculus.
1 year Fine Arts
Doesn’t look too much different than the catalog. </p>
<p>Now since you seem to think I don’t know what I am talking about please enlighten me where it says to add more science and math. Where does it say that adding Statistics, Biology, Environmental Science will make you more competitive? They don’t suggest an actual course in Computer Science and by the way they don’t accept AP Comp Science scores anymore for validating. </p>
<p>My point is that adding courses just because you think you look better may not get you as far as choosing courses that will actually help your educational experience, and possibly even help your plan A, B and C. 3 or 4 years of a foreign language and validating through 2 to 3 years will get you farther than adding a 5th math course.</p>
<p>The original poster stated that his child was scraping an educational plan to add Statistics because they hear that USNA gave more weight to extra science and math classes. Thanks for posting the catalog as we can see that his interpretation is never verified in the catalog.</p>