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[quote=Anonymous]This is (1) high school dependent, (2) major dependent, and (3) college dependent.  Look at your school data, and look at CDS of various colleges.

Take Cornell as an example:
[url]https://www.cornellsun.com/article/2018/11/a-look-inside-how-cornell-accepts-its-students[/url]

However, [b]grades are not the only thing that the admissions officers value on transcripts[/b]. In addition to the level of performance, Locke said Cornell also looks at [b]how demanding those courses are[/b]. In colleges like CALS, where students must pick a major or at least specify a general subject in their applications, admission officers will also take into consideration whether the students have taken and performed well in classes relevant to their intended major.

“If you’re applying to [b]biological engineering[/b], then you need to have [b]very robust … coursework in math and science[/b],” Tan said. “Otherwise, you won’t be able to handle the work here.”

When evaluating transcripts, [b]Cornell doesn’t compare students from different schools[/b], as high schools across the country differ in the depth and width of course offerings. The selection criteria is based on [b]whether the applicant is taking “the most challenging courses within their school” [/b]and their performance compared to other students from the same school, and not on the number of AP courses they have taken.

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