<p>Although I tended to read books while my kids sat in on the various info sessions on their college tour, I did overhear the same two things from SO MANY of the highly selective schools they visited … 1) your senior courseload should be equally as rigorous, or more rigorous, than your junior year; and 2) take AP Calc your senior year - not AP Stats.</p>
<p>The latter shocked me (I personally think that statistics is much more practical and useful longterm than calculus…). However, these schools are such a small portion of the overall 3,000+ colleges in the U.S.</p>