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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]First is stronger in humanities, 2nd in STEM.

A more rigorous student would have maxed both sides: APUSH, AP Lang, AP Lit, AP Gov, AP Chem, BC Calc and Multivariate, AP French, etc.

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Agree. But that's my question.  Do only the students who max BOTH humanities and STEM receive the designation?  Students who are strong in one or the other do not?[/quote]
At ours, there are a lot of students who max across all areas. These are the highest rigor kids and it is easily discernable. 
Our counselors do NOT check the box, instead they write a couple of sentences about the student's rigor in comparison to the class. The other top private in our area is the same, box is left blank in exchange for a description. Then, the school profile lists the "most rigorous" classes. The colleges figure out the rest. College AOs come to the school and most years give talks to the parents. They have stated many times over the years that they know the curriculum, they know which classes and even which teachers are challenging. Our school profile includes GPA median and top quartile cutoff, average # AP and honors taken, AP score distributions for each course, AP scores are on the transcript as well. Not much is left for the colleges to guess at. [/quote]

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