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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Top kids will take

AP Lang&Comp and AP Lit

APUSH, AP World, AP Euro, AP Gov

AP Bio, AP Chem, AP Physics C

AP Calc BC, AP Stats

That is the proven formula for top colleges. Any reasonably strong student will have take these core AP classes, no matter their intended major.
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Not exactly. I have two at top 20s. But most of it is right. The STEM kid took Multivariable. The liberal arts one did BC. Statistics is soft. The smart kids aren't taking Statistics.

And some of the English and History AP classes would be teacher dependent. Some teachers have a bad reputation and top students will avoid them even if it means stepping down a level. It's a combination of bad teaching, meanness, capricious grading, and time. These kids are fully occupied by junior year. Time management is their biggest challenge. And teachers that don't acknowledge that these students have five other AP classes and their ECs and their sports and their jobs are not cool. That's all very school dependent. But every smart kid knows what's what with the more advanced classes. [/quote]

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