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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DD will be a humanities or social science major. Currently undecided.

She is at a rigorous public school outside DMV. (We are ex-DMV so I am still on this site a lot hehe!) 
DD's unweighted GPA is 3.9. She has lots of strong ECs and great recommendations (humanities, not STEM).

She's taken 8 APs
4 in social studies (history, econ, psychology)
2 in english
1 in science (APES)
1 in language
0 math (but she did take precalc and signed up for calc AB, just not AP level)

Will her low STEM APs and no Math AP hurt her?

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It will depend on where your DD’s peers apply.  First and foremost she will be compared to her peers.  Most likely the counselor will not check the most rigorous course box so that will be strike one.   If her peers are applying to top 50 schools, have the most rigorous box checked and by taking more APs a higher GPA your daughter will be at a disadvantage.

Yes top 25 are basically a crap shoot so you have a chance, most likely outcome would be in the 40-50 range so might be best to set appropriate expectations.

Good luck. [/quote]

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