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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://www.wm.edu/admission/undergraduateadmission/diversityaccess/faqs/index.php

here is a link as to what W&M "looks for" -- we asked similar question at college tours - admissions officers have a school profile and want to see a certain level of rigor in course work based on what is available at the school.  From DC area students, they look for "4 years of the solid 5 -- sci, math, history, language and english".  It was pretty consistent from all admissions staff at the schools we talked to...esp for DC area students, NOVA specifically.  This is becoming more important with test optional for SAT/ACT.  The 4th year of science is becoming a "filter" The admission staff implied (2 were very frank when we talked one-on-one) that it becomes part of a filter when sorting application packages.  If you have 2 generally equal students - one taking 4 years of a sci and the other didnt -- the applicant that took 4 years of science may get a few extra points; 4 years of a language (if not the same all 4 years, 3 years of one and a year of a different one) vs 3 years...again, extra points for the applicant who did a language all 4 years.

This answer was provided by a VA state school and a New England liberal arts school.  As a point of reference we toured: UVA, W&M, VCU, Christopher Newport, Princeton, Yale, Brown, Colby, Dartmouth, Williams, Wake Forest, Franklin and Marshall[/quote]

Would a course such as AP Comp-Sci in yr 4 (following Bio, Chem & Phy) count as a 4th science for these schools? [/quote]

I think CS falls into being a math. Not sure. It's really an elective though.[/quote]

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