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[quote=Anonymous]Assuming your DD will take 4 years of math, she'll take a post-calculus math senior year.  That would count as a rigorous math course load, regardless of whether she took the honors or accelerated track.  If she's taking linear algebra in high school, kudos to her.  Depending on the school, though, there may be differences in the amount of theory that honors or accelerated may cover that would make it easier to keep up in the next year.

There is no real answer across schools about how many AP classes to take junior and senior year.  For example, some schools don't offer AP English because they feel they can offer a better English program while pretty much every public school does offer it.  Most public start AP classes in 10th grade, and sometimes 9th. The elite privates are very reluctant to do that. There are exceptionally few students at the Big 3 that get straight As and the schools are quite direct in explaining how hard the courses are and how A-s and B+s are good grades.  But, most colleges (and high schools) would view As in regular courses as better than Bs or Cs in honors because there are still plenty of A students in the honors track classes.   [/quote]

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