<p>Your assertion:
From Ben’s blog entry:
These two statements are not equivalent, hence your resulting hypothetical scenario does not hold. The follow-on assertions are, um… shall we say somewhat overstated and unsupported?
[ul]
[<em>]taking only math/science APs will result in a lower GPA and class rank
[</em>]an applicant’s parents “FREAK OUT to death” when they consider their child not being admitted to MIT (“and elsewhere”)
[<em>]fights will then break out between said parents and said applicant
[</em>]applicant will have a mental breakdown
[<em>]applicant will screw up their application
[</em>]applicant will be rejected from MIT
[li]the sky will fall (oh wait, that wasn’t in the post, my bad)[/li][/ul]
My goodness. You have some unusual ideas of what family life is like for applicants to MIT, and some unusual ideas about the power of AP classes. I would advise taking some calming breaths and rereading tokenadult’s advice on the previous page. And finding a range of schools to apply to where you would be happy and productive. (And maybe having a dispassionate talk with your parents about college admissions.) MIT is a fine school, but it is by no means the only fine school and it should be one of a set of schools to which a student applies.</p>