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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don't forget to leave PE until second semester senior year or that will drag you down too (chuckle)[/quote]

My kid will do Honors Health in senior year
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[b]Why wait till Senior year for an honors class[/b]?  Take it in the summer and then take a real class in the school year.[/quote]

ECs- volunteering, competitions, community outreach, academic prep, online certification during summer.

Taking a ton of AP classes all 4 years and the counselor suggested that he needs to show he can balance curriculum and workload by taking some easy on-level classes.  For all 4 years, one easy course to meet graduation requirement is now on the schedule.   Counselor strongly suggested that these should be taken during the school year so that he can show that he is socializing with students of all abilities in these kinds of classes. Since almost all of his classes are Honors, AP/IB, post-AP etc it made sense.  I was told that PE had more value than Health because it showed that the student can do a level of self-care and is physically active especially during harder years like the Junior year.

Anyways, fluff classes are discarded by the College in recalculating the GPA, so there are pros and cons. [/quote]

Taking a summer class is not a full time occupation.  My son did it while take a college course at UMD.  There is definitely time for a job, volunteering, whatever.  Health is only 3 weeks long.  I have never heard a recommendation to take lower level classes to demonstrate the ability to socialize?  Not the first thing that comes to mind..[/quote]

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