Reply to Rigor Question: Will top50 colleges hold it against my DD that she never took an AP math class (calc at reg level)?

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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]First, I want to say that your daughter sounds amazing and I'm sure she will get into a great college and do well. So this is not something to fret about.

Having said that, I do think that her lack of rigor is going to be an uphill battle at most of the T25. I wouldn't completely write off 25-50, but she is definitely going to want to identify some great schools she likes in the 50-100 range too. Not all APs are created equal and she is definitely missing the more rigorous ones, specifically AP Bio or Chem, and an AP level Math. Which histories did she take (hopefully World and/or APUSH) and did she get 5's? Did she get a 5 on her AP foreign language test? I do think strength in these areas can do something to overcome the lack of the other AP's. But it makes her a "pointy" kid rather than well-rounded and I don't think her college counselor will be able to say that she "took the most rigorous course load available."

I think she'd have a great chance applying ED to somewhere like William & Mary. [/quote]

I don't think you can evaluate OP in the abstract.  As several posts pointed out, her school matters the most.  Always consider it in the context of her school.  [/quote]

She said its a "rigorous public school" - which I interpret to mean is full of kids who DID take AP Calc, Bio, Chem, etc. Those kids are OP's kid's competition. OP is free to refute this. [/quote]

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