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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Our admissions process at UVa is a holistic one."

Translation:  we'll do whatever the heck we want and change the rules whenever we see fit to do so."[/quote]

OP here. Yeah this is how it felt. We asked if it would be looked down upon to forgo AP foreign language to instead take a second AP science (child’s interest) and were basically told yes but we were welcome to try to explain it. But the woman was about 25 and didn’t even go to UVA so I was wondering if she even actually knew. I’ve definitely heard/read of unhooked students going to UVA without AP foreign language. [/quote]

If UVA looks down on that, then your kid should go to another school. [/quote]

NP here, we were told basically the same thing. My STEMMY kid decided to forego more language in order to take AP science and math classes, even though that means UVA will likely snub him. I guess it's easy for someone else to just say oh just go to another school, but we live in UVA, it's our state flagship, it has great programs that he's interested in, and we would really like to take advantage of our state's flagship or at least have the chance to and not be shut out by some arbitrary criteria that seems unfair to kids with different interests.[/quote]

You know what you need to do to get into UVA. Your DC made a choice. There is a lot of time to take more math and science in college. High school is not for specializing, according to UVA. It isn’t unfair, you just don’t like it. [/quote]

I think it's strange to basically force kids to take a class in an area of non interest when it means foreging classes in areas of interest. I disagree that you should wait until college to take those classes. Of course you specialize further in college, but high school is for developing interests to decide what you want in college. A lot of colleges require you to apply to a specific major. So... what if a kid is interested in majoring in Chemistry or Biology? You really think they shouldn't take AP Chem or AP Bio so they can take French? [/quote]

I hated math and science, but I had to take those classes every year. Loved English, History, and foreign language and managed to fit them in each year, too.

These top schools aren't asking kids to do something extraordinary. Just take a broad slate of classes.

When they get to college, they have to do gen eds before they can do whatever they want. If they only want to do what interests them, there are vocational programs and certificates.  [/quote]

It’s silly to say that a kid isn’t getting a broad education if they don’t take *one less* core class senior year. And to jump to your last sentence is ridiculous.
(PP with kid at UVA who stopped FL after year 4 but took all APs in other subjects with 4s and 5s…still very broad lol)[/quote]

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