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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This got buried in the post on IB and wanted to make it a separate topic. Counselors mark on transcripts if a student’s course load is “most rigorous” “very demanding” etc.

What is considered “most rigorous?”  Where is the line between “most rigorous” and “very demanding”?  And is there any guidance for students on this when picking classes?

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No. They. Don't.

Ask your child's counselor. They will tell you straight up.[/quote]

NP. No they don’t what? Mark that on student transcripts?[/quote]

Correct.

At a recent meeting I attended, the counselors specifically said there is nothing on transcripts that distinguishes kids who take "advanced" non AP classes from regular classes.

Parents who think colleges are [b]manually[/b] looking at transcripts of 10000s of applicants to see how many have a course with an indicator or "advanced", "honors", "H", "intensified", "+", and manually counting those up are delusional.  Remember every school district in the country has their own naming convention, no standardization).[/quote]

Yeah we get it.  That is the reason for this thread.   They do look at what the counselor selects about the rigor of the coursework (ask any college counselor who does this for a living) and a kid not bothering with intensified isn’t getting the most rigorous and maybe not even very demanding designation from the counselor.  Or at least that’s what people are speculating and a saying it should be transparent.

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