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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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

[b]That is the proven formula [/b]for top colleges. Any reasonably strong student will have take these core AP classes, no matter their intended major.
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How many kids do you know that followed this formula. Our school district has prerequisites for science and math and a no freshmen are eligible rule.[/quote]
The science prereqs exist at ours too—kids do bio chem physics 9-10-11 and [b]then 10th or 11th take a second science as AP, the other yr take a second math(AP stat ) or second history, then in 12th take the other 2 AP sciences together. [/b]The top several dozen take 6 core classes like this in 10-12. They dont offer AP language though and APgov is not done by the most advanced kids, itis considered easy there and only done by those who are doing normal 4 science courses not the 5th or 6th.

All high schools are different. The norm for what uva expects is different at all schools. AB calc is plenty for uva at this school, and taking ALL the ones you mentioned is not possible and not necessary for UVa. Taking 6cores for 3 of the yrs is almost mandatory for T10 but not for uva yet most admits there have 2 high school yrs with 6 core[/quote]

At my DCs school, with science prerequisites for APs, the top kids take honors bio-chem-physics. In 11th, STEM kids take AP chem or bio as an elective and AP Physics and Chem/Bio in 12th. The top humanities and social science kids take one science AP in 12th and it can be either APES, Bio, Chem or Physics. It doesn’t really matter which one for non-STEM kids. [/quote]

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