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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What do the boxes say after most rigorous?[/quote]

According to my child's HS counselor, the next box is "very demanding", which is what she gave his transcript. 10 AP/IB classes but didn't do the full IB Diploma.[/quote]

I don't get this category. Are they going to keep escalating until 16 year olds are have to produce Ph.d thesis level work?  At the same time, they want kids to "follow their passion", but how can they do that with 20 AP classes?  And while showing commitment to band, foreign languages, service, sport etc etc. And then the colleges will turn around and chose the girl who grew up traveling on the rodeo circuit anyway.[/quote]

:lol: 
So true![/quote]

Good points but honestly, if highest rigor isn’t of interest then maybe just let go of the “most elite” college goal. No one is commanding anyone to shoot for Princeton (except maybe the parents), but the kid with greater IB ambition, for instance, deserves credit for that. I’m quite sure the 10 IB/AP kid above will have plenty of excellent options but all things being equal if I were Princeton I’d give the full IB kid an edge. [/quote]
I'm not an IB fan, but the IB diploma does have 1 big advantage:  it limits the "arms race" in that the schools can limit the number of HL courses a diploma student can take.  The purpose is to encourage depth and breadth in HS courses.[/quote]

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