Acceptable "rigor" for an A/B student not gunning for top 50 school
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Anonymous
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How does the below look for an MCPS kid not targeting a top 50 school? Trying to choose APs that he's actually interested in. He had straight As in 9th grade, 10th grade is looking like a mix of As and Bs for 1st semester.
10th Pre Calc Honors Chem Honors English 10 Honors Spanish 4 AP Gov Electives: journalism, Health A 11th Calc with applications AP ES Honors World History Honors Spanish 5 Honors English 11 AP Psych AP Comp Sci Princ 12th AP Lang Forensic Science AP Human Geography AP Stats Sign Language Health B/other elective Some other elective |
Anonymous
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Here’s ours
9th Ap human geo 7 honors classes 10th Ap CS-A Ap Spanish Lang Ap World History Ap Statistics 4 honors classes 11th Ap Spanish Literature Ap French Language Ap English Language Ap Calc BC Ap Physics 1 Ap Physics 2 Ap US History Ap Biology 12th/Current Ap English Literature Linear Algebra Ap European History Ap Art History Ap Chemistry Ap Environmental Science Spanish Thesis |
Anonymous
| Our senior had a mix of As & Bs in junior year (straight As 9, 10, 12), took 12 APs, and is getting acceptances at schools ranked 60-100 thus far (all EAs, not RD yet). Denied from a T25 school ED. Probably would need to factor in your kid's test scores (if MCPS likely need to submit) and less rigorous APs (our kid took more and also some more rigorous ones than your DC). I think you likely already have access to Naviance but I would spend some time on there checking out your DC's existing GPA (and I can't remember timing but perhaps you have a PSAT score you can use to extrapolate?). |
Anonymous
This is a joke, right? |
Anonymous
OP here - It's early - kid is only a sophomore but thinks he's interested in places like UVM, UC Boulder, Colorado State, UDenver, UOregon |
Anonymous
No? It’s just my child’s stats. |
Anonymous
I think your kid should have a really good shot at that list. Our kid has some overlapping schools and I think you're good with that level of rigor for those schools. You could check in with a college counselor, of course, but I think these would be good targets. |
Anonymous
For a top 50? No AP in a hard science, no ap calculus, ending foreign language without an ap. Can they throw a football really well? |
Anonymous
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I don't get why this is a common question here.
Don't most students attend high schools where all core subject area teachers make recommendations based on the kid's performance in their current class? |
Anonymous
They said NOT a top 50. Op, it’s fine for schools you listed your child is interested in. |
Anonymous
OP specifically said their kid was NOT applying to top 50 schools. BELOW top 50. |
Anonymous
Reading comprehension is not your strength I see. Can you throw a football really well? |
Anonymous
We know this is a joke for a number of reasons, not least of which is they can’t graduate with this. They’re missing the tech requirement! The CS class listed doesn’t count. |
Anonymous
😂 |
Anonymous
| OP, does MCPS allow AP Lang as a 12th grader? My DC requested the same in their FCPS school and was denied b/c the school said AP Lang was the upper level of English 11, which DC was already taking. |