For those who got into top 20, or even top 50 schools, what AP's were taken freshmen, sophomore years?

[Anonymous]

If high school guidance counselors have to rate the student's schedule for rigor, wouldn't it make sense that the kid who took AP's IF offered freshmen year have a more rigorous schedile?

We were told by multiple AO's during open houses/zooms that taking the most rigorous classes available is one of the top criteria used.

[Anonymous]

FCPS grad at UVA now:
Fresh: 0
Soph: 2
Jun: 4
Sen: 3
Also took at least one AP in each major subject area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FCPS grad at UVA now:
Fresh: 0
Soph: 2
Jun: 4
Sen: 3
Also took at least one AP in each major subject area.

Forgot to include what APs

Soph: Human Geography and AP world
Junior: APUSH, AP Spanish, AP Lang and AP Bio
Senior: BC Calc, APES, and AP Gov

[Anonymous]

PP, Can you share grades/ scores in these APs

DS course load is similar and his dream school is UVA

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FCPS grad at UVA now:
Fresh: 0
Soph: 2
Jun: 4
Sen: 3
Also took at least one AP in each major subject area.

Forgot to include what APs

Soph: Human Geography and AP world
Junior: APUSH, AP Spanish, AP Lang and AP Bio
Senior: BC Calc, APES, and AP Gov

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP, Can you share grades/ scores in these APs

DS course load is similar and his dream school is UVA

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FCPS grad at UVA now:
Fresh: 0
Soph: 2
Jun: 4
Sen: 3
Also took at least one AP in each major subject area.

Forgot to include what APs

Soph: Human Geography and AP world
Junior: APUSH, AP Spanish, AP Lang and AP Bio
Senior: BC Calc, APES, and AP Gov

Sure. This is what I remember:
Soph: Human Geography (B-5)and AP world (A-4)
Junior: APUSH (A-5) AP Spanish (A-5) , AP Lang (A-4) and AP Bio (A-3)
Senior: BC Calc (A-4) APES (A-4) and AP Gov (A-5)

Also lots of leadership, paid work, coaching and athletics.

[Anonymous]

Most schools don’t allow 9th graders to take AP’s. So you are not going to get the answer you’re looking for here. Inquire with your school counselor, friends, fellow parents etc

[Anonymous]

Freshman year: AP Computer Science, AP Human Geography

Sophomore year: AP Calc BC, AP Spanish, AP World History, AP Stats

[Anonymous]

APUSH Sophomore year. Was in IB program.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If high school guidance counselors have to rate the student's schedule for rigor, wouldn't it make sense that the kid who took AP's IF offered freshmen year have a more rigorous schedile?

We were told by multiple AO's during open houses/zooms that taking the most rigorous classes available is one of the top criteria used.

This. AO’s evaluate in the context of your high school! If a high school offers APs to 9th graders typically that is highest. Furthermore the types of AP’s matter: 8 APs English/Geo/World History/Psych /Bio/calcAB/econ/Physics1
Is not the same ballpark of rigor as English/APush/Chem/Phys1/PhysicsC/BCCalc even though the latter is 6 not 8.
Choose based on what your student can handle. If they are ready to take the maximum rigor at the high school, the teachers will invite them into that program/path. Other than extremely high ranked feeder private schools, T20 acceptance is for the highest rigor.T50 is not nearly as hard. High but not top rigor suffices

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our school lets freshmen take a large different type of AP's, including AP World, AP Econ, AP Calculus, AP psychology. Did your freshman child give any AP's freshmen year and able to get admission to T20 or even T50?

Ours only allow one to freshman and 2 to sophomore. You can just take exams if you want but not classes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most schools don’t allow 9th graders to take AP’s. So you are not going to get the answer you’re looking for here. Inquire with your school counselor, friends, fellow parents etc

+1

[Anonymous]

So long as you are in Calc BC by sophomore year and take AP Chem/Bio/Physics/Stats, Lit/Comp/ APUSH/ Euro/World History/Gov/Lang supplemented with a few from Econ/Pysch/Comp Sci/Envir Science/Art, you'll be closer to the top of rigor at most every school, plus across the country.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So long as you are in Calc BC by sophomore year and take AP Chem/Bio/Physics/Stats, Lit/Comp/ APUSH/ Euro/World History/Gov/Lang supplemented with a few from Econ/Pysch/Comp Sci/Envir Science/Art, you'll be closer to the top of rigor at most every school, plus across the country.

You are delusional.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So long as you are in Calc BC by sophomore year and take AP Chem/Bio/Physics/Stats, Lit/Comp/ APUSH/ Euro/World History/Gov/Lang supplemented with a few from Econ/Pysch/Comp Sci/Envir Science/Art, you'll be closer to the top of rigor at most every school, plus across the country.

That’s a joke, right?

OP, your child will be fine. This website is only going increase your anxiety. I posted upthread that my child got into almost every school he applied to with merit, and many of these schools are highly regarded by even DCUM standards.

If I posted his stats prior to the admission cycle, in certain this site would have told me he had no hope.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So long as you are in Calc BC by sophomore year and take AP Chem/Bio/Physics/Stats, Lit/Comp/ APUSH/ Euro/World History/Gov/Lang supplemented with a few from Econ/Pysch/Comp Sci/Envir Science/Art, you'll be closer to the top of rigor at most every school, plus across the country.

You are delusional.

I'm sure others have had a more rigorous schedule than listed above, but I think it is reasonable that someone with that schedule would be closer to the top than the middle for rigor.