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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We're no longer in the DMV area, and I keep hearing how rigor is important to the DMV kids. But anecdotally from kids I know here on the west coast, it's not always the highest rigor that gets admissions. Personally, I know kids who stopped at AP Calc AB and had a couple Bs at Stanford (even though kids at high school topped at AP Calc BC or higher), and a kid with a total of 4 APs at Harvard (from a highly ranked private school with tons of APs). Neither had a significant hook, except the Harvard kid was a creative and the Stanford kid had a unique story to tell. Both Asian and not underrepresented. [/quote]

AB vs BC is not really a rigor difference. The story is important. [/quote]

Don't you need to reconcile this for (1) the HS the kid is coming from, and (2) the major? 
All of the TJ discussion on here, tells me that some kids won't have a chance at T10 if they don't take BC (unless they are an art major?)[/quote]

NP here. Generally speaking even hooked kids are doing highest math offered by HS to get into T10. Kids these days are taking math at community colleges and are listing MVC, Linear algebra etc so you really need high rigor in math! [/quote]

Not for us. Plenty do just AB and get into T10. Mostly humanities.
[b]Our private discourages community college math.[/b] 40% go to T25.[/quote]
NP here.  Why does your private school discourage community college math?  Is it the lack of rigor, curriculum, etc.? [/quote]

Yes[/quote]

Calc 1 is the same at any school you go to. Why would it be worse at a community college?[/quote]

Our school does not add any community college courses on the transcript, unless they are dual enrollment and offered at the high school (very few).

Some families think taking cc classes outside of school are the way but those kids don’t do as well with top 20 admissions. Also the cc classes are pretty easy As compared to AP classes our public.  The kids who do well with Top 20 have high rigor at the high school and spend their time outside of school doing impactful stuff that they care about. [/quote]

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