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[quote=Anonymous]Colleges don't say take the most difficult classes that are available to you in HS.  They say take the most challenging courses you're capable of in the field(s) you're most interested in.  Basically, show us YOUR best stuff and how you're working to make that better (which could involve pushing yourself outside the classroom).

(The "available at your HS" language is out there to reassure kids that if their HS doesn't offer IB or every AP under the sun they aren't being aced out of elite college admissions by kids who went to a school that does.  The point is not that if your HS offers 18 APs you should/must take them all to be competitive.)

And wrt calculus specifically,some of the most selective schools encourage most STEM kids who got 5s on the AP exam to retake intro Calculus (in an accelerated honors track) freshman year of college.  AP Calc is useful for getting non-STEM kids out of college math requirements, but it's generally not the best foundation for future study of mathematics.  [/quote]

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