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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We met with someone from UVA and my understanding was the following:

1. Electives don’t matter they only look (for the most part) at core subjects. They said this explicitly. 
2. Core subjects matter a lot and the student needs 4 years in each of the 5 core subjects
3. Not only do they need to take the 5 core subjects every year, they need to take the highest level when possible. For example, if they can take AP Spanish instead of Spanish 5 they need to do that.  If they can take AP bio instead of Honors Bio they need to do that.  If AP Bio is available and they take AP environmental instead that could be held against them. The language that was used was “missed opportunity.”  This is regardless of major.  For example, my DS is interested in humanities. They still said that he needs the higher level science and math because he would be compared to students who had taken those classes.  It also sounded like one AP lab science was sufficient.  They asked lots of questions like, could you go straight into AP Calc or is regular Calc a prerequisite? [/quote]

I mean, this is a little dramatic but essentially correct.  My kid, for example, knew they wanted to major in Spanish.  So obviously they took Spanish all the through, taking both AP Language and AP Literature.  But they didn't take AP Calculus; they went from Honors Trig to AP Stats.  Got in.  
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