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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My oldest is a freshman and I'm glad I didn't have to consider it this year.  Next year he has selected to take AP Pre Calc and AP World History and I told him he's going to have to work hard and he says he's up for the challenge so I am going to allow it.

I think there are too many APs offered and I recently wondered where to draw the line in 11/12th grade.  I don't want him to feel like he has to take them all.  I recently had an epiphany from my time working as a college admissions counselor (a long time ago) (and I haven't yet hired a college counselor but may in the future) - [b]that I think the 4 core classes - math, history, science, and social studies would be the ones to focus on. [/b] If you can't take it all 4 of those, I would suggest to him to prioritize the classes he is more interested in pursuing in college.

Elite college admissions are a total crapshoot even for the best of the best so nothing is worth making yourself totally miserable for IMO - since at best you only get a crapshoot even if you made yourself completely miserable.[/quote]

5 core subjects, add foreign language to that list.[/quote]

I am the person you're quoting and FWIW - a friend with a kid applying to college right now told me colleges ideally say they want to see 4 years of language, regardless of whether they take a language in MS, and I told my older two kids that recently.  [/quote]

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