Advanced courseload

[Anonymous]

Schools don’t care that you took the classes as a sophomore vs getting As in the classes. The grade is far more important be when you took the class

I also don’t think they consider HS multivariable and other advanced classes anything equivalent to college multi variable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Schools don’t care that you took the classes as a sophomore vs getting As in the classes. The grade is far more important be when you took the class

I also don’t think they consider HS multivariable and other advanced classes anything equivalent to college multi variable.

Even if the student is doing dual enrollment?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Schools don’t care that you took the classes as a sophomore vs getting As in the classes. The grade is far more important be when you took the class

I also don’t think they consider HS multivariable and other advanced classes anything equivalent to college multi variable.

Even if the student is doing dual enrollment?

If it is true DE…meaning you take the class with other college kids. Still no top school will give you actual credit for that class, even though if you were an actual student at that college they would. Makes no sense.

[Anonymous]

How is this kid in Multi/DiffEQ as a Soph? Did you push them ahead when younger or do summer class? It isn't the flex you might think. As long as kid is taking rigorous as compared to school offerings, that is good. This usually means BC Calc or Multi Sr year (possibly Jr at Blair, but this would be helpful only in terms of course choices as part of identity sr year). Kids can distinguish themselves with the stories they tell through course selection. Like Multi Jr year w/ Linear, Complex, music theory and theatre sr. Or, a different sr profile w/ Multi, Physics, APES, and Horticulture. It's a blend of rigor and expression of self.

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Anonymous wrote:Schools don’t care that you took the classes as a sophomore vs getting As in the classes. The grade is far more important be when you took the class

I also don’t think they consider HS multivariable and other advanced classes anything equivalent to college multi variable.

Even if the student is doing dual enrollment?

If it is true DE…meaning you take the class with other college kids. Still no top school will give you actual credit for that class, even though if you were an actual student at that college they would. Makes no sense.

My kid is going to a T25 school and some credits will transfer.

[Anonymous]

At uva, most would transfer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not really. Sorry to say, but top colleges are not just looking for “nerds.” As long as a student completes Calc AB and has rigor across all core areas, then they meet the standard. At that point, EC/impact/personal story comes into play.

At least Calc BC for STEM majors.

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Anonymous wrote:Schools don’t care that you took the classes as a sophomore vs getting As in the classes. The grade is far more important be when you took the class

I also don’t think they consider HS multivariable and other advanced classes anything equivalent to college multi variable.

Even if the student is doing dual enrollment?

If it is true DE…meaning you take the class with other college kids. Still no top school will give you actual credit for that class, even though if you were an actual student at that college they would. Makes no sense.

My kid is going to a T25 school and some credits will transfer.

My kid’s top 10 wouldn’t accept any even though if they were transferring from that same college they would. Annoying.

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Anonymous wrote:Schools don’t care that you took the classes as a sophomore vs getting As in the classes. The grade is far more important be when you took the class

I also don’t think they consider HS multivariable and other advanced classes anything equivalent to college multi variable.

Even if the student is doing dual enrollment?

If it is true DE…meaning you take the class with other college kids. Still no top school will give you actual credit for that class, even though if you were an actual student at that college they would. Makes no sense.

My kid is going to a T25 school and some credits will transfer.

My kid’s top 10 wouldn’t accept any even though if they were transferring from that same college they would. Annoying.

My Blair kid is at a T10, and their policy is kind of student-determined, sink or swim. You can talk to professors and essentially choose where you fit in with regard to math classes, but you have to be able to hold your own where you land. It also helps the faculty to have AP score or UMD score (for Multi). But, there is nothing for say Linear. She started in Linear, but she and prof agreed she should move up and did Abstract instead. Her HS classes were very thorough/advanced. In the end, she started a math major with all pre reqs fulfilled. Doing fine.

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Anonymous wrote:Not really. Sorry to say, but top colleges are not just looking for “nerds.” As long as a student completes Calc AB and has rigor across all core areas, then they meet the standard. At that point, EC/impact/personal story comes into play.

Okay, makes sense. If ECs are weak, does it make up for that?

No

But you should specify what school you’re talking about because colleges do vary.

OP here. I was talking about Harvard, MIT, Caltech, etc. Top of the top.

DP. For MIT, Caltech, and even HMC taking the most advanced stem courses available is pretty much a given among those who apply. So is getting near perfect grades and scores. To get in a student should have won highly competitive contests and/or participated in original research. There are exceptions but not many.

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Anonymous wrote:Not really. Sorry to say, but top colleges are not just looking for “nerds.” As long as a student completes Calc AB and has rigor across all core areas, then they meet the standard. At that point, EC/impact/personal story comes into play.

At least Calc BC for STEM majors.

But only for stem majors

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Will an advanced HS courseload (at least, in chosen subjects) help significantly with getting into T20s? For example, taking AP Chem, AP Physics, and DiffEq/Multivariable Calculus as a sophomore look impressive on college applications?

A little, but the big advantage advantage is that you can parlay this into things like research, Olympiads, mentoring, etc etc etc.

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Anonymous wrote:Schools don’t care that you took the classes as a sophomore vs getting As in the classes. The grade is far more important be when you took the class

I also don’t think they consider HS multivariable and other advanced classes anything equivalent to college multi variable.

Even if the student is doing dual enrollment?

If it is true DE…meaning you take the class with other college kids. Still no top school will give you actual credit for that class, even though if you were an actual student at that college they would. Makes no sense.

Can you name a single one with this policy?

[Anonymous]

Just about every T20 I've looked at either accepts DE credit where the student is in a college classroom or has some other way of taking advanced coursework first semester whether it's official proficiency exams for placement or unofficially not enforcing prerequisites or officially enforcing prerequisites but adding "or instructor's permission" to the courses

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Anonymous wrote:Schools don’t care that you took the classes as a sophomore vs getting As in the classes. The grade is far more important be when you took the class

I also don’t think they consider HS multivariable and other advanced classes anything equivalent to college multi variable.

Even if the student is doing dual enrollment?

If it is true DE…meaning you take the class with other college kids. Still no top school will give you actual credit for that class, even though if you were an actual student at that college they would. Makes no sense.

My kid is going to a T25 school and some credits will transfer.

My kid’s top 10 wouldn’t accept any even though if they were transferring from that same college they would. Annoying.

She started in Linear, but she and prof agreed she should move up and did Abstract instead.

How exactly did this work?