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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]11th grade DD is an excellent student (straight As, demanding schedule) who is pursuing the full IB diploma at her HS. She was selected for AAP in 3rd grade, earned a HS math credit in MS and will complete the full IB diploma math requirement this year. Her school doesn't offer AP classes, so her options for next year are to take only 1 year of the alternate IB math track, take a college-level math class at NoVa or skip math entirely, as the requirement is already satisfied.

Further complicating things, is a new IB offering starting next year, that is of great interest to her. She can only fit the new class into her schedule if she opts out of math.  Addionally, she's reached a level where math's becoming more challenging and is of little interest or future use. The new humanities IB class is the exact opposite and something she would enjoy.

We're obviously thinking ahead towards college apps and are curious to hear opinions on the options. Her greatest strengths and interests lie in arts and humanities and she will definitely not be pursing any STEM or STEM-adjacent majors. She's also very involved in her school and community, holds records, awards and leadership roles, etc. so will be a strong candidate overall but.... what about the math?   Would the absence of another math class senior year be a huge red flag on her college applications given her background and future interests?

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So is she finishing AA HL or SL or AI HL or SL? I think some here/colleges would have that make a difference in how answer. In other words, are you saying she has all As in analysis HL and will be finishing that this year? Or is she completing AI SL at other end of difficulty?[/quote]

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