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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I mean all these posts about my kid has a 4.4 GPA. Will they get into UVA? I mean please. It depends on where the 4.4 is in the class rank and [b]whether the courseload is the most rigorous[/b]. There are dozens of school districts on DCUM and the W GPAs don’t translate. [/quote]

What do you mean by courseload is most rigorous?

If someone has a WGPA above 4.0, that indicates that they have taken weighted classes. 
More weighted classes and As will keep bumping them above 4.0.

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You’re new to this. Most rigorous is a term of art for college admissions. [/quote]

How is most rigorous quantified?
For example, our high school offers 27 AP courses. 
How many of those does my kid need to take to qualify for most rigorous? [/quote]

I am always amazed by this.  To me, rigor is less about number of honors or AP designation and much more about taking the most advanced core classes.  Give me a kid who took foreign language all 4 years of high school (ending at highest level offered), math above AB Calc, calculus based physics plus AP Chem and Bio, advanced history and English classes. To me that is much more impressive than a kid who takes all AP classes but they are psychology, environmental science, statistics, etc.  isn’t there even an AP seminar?[/quote]

That sounds like a rigorous course load did a STEM major but not necessarily a non-STEM major. Colleges don’t need or want to fill their ranks solely with kids who are good in math and science.

Also AP Seminar is a hard class. The pass rate is high but most kids avoid it due to it’s reputation and about half the kids who take the class don’t go on to AP research because the class was too much work. [/quote]

My I steered my kid away from AP Bio and AP Chem after taking AP Calc AB (got a 5 on the AP exam). 
DC is Humanities and it just wouldn't make sense to take a rigorous STEM track for the sake of appearances for college admissions. 
DC is taking AP Research with a core group of kids who did well last year. I agree with the pp that AP Seminar was a hard class with lots of work. The assessment on AP Seminar includes a portfolio + exam.

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