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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I understand that it is based on high school, but assuming middle to upper middle class large public, what did your rigor look like?

Currently on track to complete:

AP World History (modern), AP Euro History, AP US History, AP Government

AP Bio, AP Chem, AP Physics C (Mechanics), AP Comp Sci Principles

AP Calc AB, AP Calc BC, AP Stats

AP Language and Composition, AP Literature

AP Pyschology, AP Macroeconomics

We are approaching it that this is the floor to be competitive, and even if get all A's in the class, and 5's on the AP exams, that it just gets your application looked at.

We are worried that because our high school offers more AP's, including AP Computer Science A, AP Physics C-Electromagnetism, and AP's in 3 languages but because of circumstances like interest and class schedule, child won't be taking an AP language, all the hard physics classes or computer science ones, for major of something pre-med, maybe Chemicstry or Biochemistry that they will be at disadvantage.[/quote]

No AP foreign language if your kid is not able to take it is ok. Avoiding it is less so. At most high schools taking AP Bio Chem and Physics is the max possible. If you are saying there is a decent sized group at the high school that somehow fits in PhysEM as well as the three AP sciences you list, then yes your kid is at a disadvantage compared to those kids. Those 4 science APs are not possible to take in the privates and magnets near us: only 3 of 4 will fit, plus they all take honors bio, physics, chem for a full year before they can take AP. I.e. most difficult stem path possible results in 6 years of science in the 4 yrs of high school, and also covering AP in every other core including Foreign language. Less than 3 kids a year accomplish it, some years none. The ones with all A end up at T20/ivy, but so do students who do 2 AP sciences not 3, but have the rest
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