Reply to TJ AP Physics or Physics Honors

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "TJ AP Physics or Physics Honors"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But do the admissions officers consider they took Honors class when AP was available at TJ?[/quote]

Yes, they care. Data from another big governors school in Virginia shows that course level matters a lot when both are offered, and an occasional B in a really hard course(AP Physics C, AP Chem, AP Euro) still gets kids into T10 [b]while the straight A kids who avoid the harder path do not get in[/b]. Occasional B at this school will still be in the top 10% if they have max APs. UVa in-state cares a lot about relative rigor—this is not just a top10 concern. 
[/quote]

This would be consistent with my kid's experience with college admissions (albeit from the TJ class of 2020, so a little dated now).  He was straight A student after his freshman year (which was - relatively speaking - a little rough gradewise with B's in a few classes).  He did not take any AP science classes (other than CS) and took both AB and BC Calc (and the associated AP exams) in consecutive years.  He took a lot of humanity-related AP's (World History (the exam, not the class), US History, Spanish, US Gov't English), plus AP Computer Science. He did not get into the highest ranked schools he applied to (Williams, Amherst, Carleton).  He did get into Grinnell with good ($28K per year merit), William and Mary, and UVa.  Ended up at William & Mary, where he double majored in CS and Math.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics