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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He should take at least 1 AP in HS in each of the five core areas (English, Social Studies, World Language, Math, and Science). Looks like he’s well on track for that. He should take AP Calc. For number of APs, I’d recommend doing 1-2-3-4 (grades 9-10-11-12) if he’s doing well so that he ends up with a strong number of APs but not overwhelmed any one year. If he’s a really strong student, he might add another junior year.

Health would be good to knock out next summer but not necessary if he doesn’t enjoy art and music electives. But to take those, many kids need to use summer school for health unfortunately. [/quote]

Thanks for this. If I might ask a follow-up question, is it enough to get to AP calculus by senior year? He's on track to take AP calculus in 11th, but if for any reason he decided to slow that pace, would it hurt for the "most rigorous course load" requirement?

It's funny, because he would be well beyond this if we were in my home country, but they also teach math very differently there.[/quote]

I would do AP Calc AB in 11th - I’m not sure how he could otherwise slow down (Calc with App in 11th I guess?). But he should be fine to do Calc AB in 11th and then AP Stats in 12th. I wouldn’t reverse those because of the flow of the classes. As a non-Stem student he doesn’t need BC, especially if not gunning for Amherst or Williams.[/quote]

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