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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My junior’s counselor stressed her out this week by saying the classes she was planning on taking next year weren’t rigorous enough so now she’s trying to find a way to cram more APs in.  So mad — we don’t play the AP collecting here and her the counselor had no issues with the rigor of her first three years. [/quote]

That is annoying. It would seem that by senior year, the kids have largely made their beds. I would seriously advise your daughter against making senior year extra tough. It won’t be easy to stay focused in the spring.
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No, I think it's good advice.  My DC received the same last year and rearranged senior schedule because of it.  [b]Don't take APs for the sake of APs, but do make sure the senior year schedule looks like a culminating experience, not a gap year. [/b] The schools won't necessarily see the grades, and certainly not the test scores, but they expect a senior year schedule to look as strong or stronger than a junior year schedule.  This is someone who is hitting there stride and chomping at the bit to go to college.[/quote]

Agree with this and think it makes sense that you are at this point focusing APs on your clear area of interest.  DS is focused on math/computer science/data science and plans back off to a regular social studies class and maybe regular English but take AP Calculus BC, AP Stats and AP Computer Science.[/quote]

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