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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can an unhooked kid kid still get into a top college if they limit their APs to the core classes (including foreign language)?  Do top schools expect to see applicants taking their electives in things like AP Stat, AP European History, etc, or can they actually take fun electives like drama, culinary, music tech? [/quote]

[b]Why are those things school classes? [/b]They seem more like extracurriculars. [/quote]

Huh?  Didn't your HS offer theater, band, chorus, Home Ec, Shop as electives? [/quote]

[b]Band and chorus are after school or before school activities in some places.

Home ec, shop, etc. are classes that average or poor students take, not serious students[/b].[/quote]

At our school band and chorus are taken during school  And it really sucks that Home Ec and Shop, the most useful courses a kid can take, are deemed being for the average or poor kids. [/quote]

+1.  I know people hate it when people pull TJ in. But my kid took Design Tech (mandatory) and prototyping and analog/ digital electronics for Senior Lab.   And can now wire circuits (and then some), deal with actual electrical problems in the house, use a band saw, build things, use a laser cutter, do circuit boards  and ... wait for it... weld and use a plasma cutter (DH was so jealous of this).  Plus a lot of other stuff ai don’t understand, but should.  Obviously the classes are teaching bigger concepts. But it’s hands on with the equipment. I LOVE it.  I’m sure my kid will use Calculus, but it’s nice that when something short circuits, he has no problem fixing it.  And these are 21st century skills it is great to have.  Tech Ed is so useful. And because everyone takes Design Tech, no one gets dinked.   I wish my base school kid could do it without taking the transcript hit, because these are great skills. [/quote]

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