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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The idea of rigor is a hard one to measure, imo, and feels like a double edged sword.  I hear a lot of "most rigorous" curriculum but what does that actually mean?  There is a single boy at my son's school who took Linear algebra/multi-variable as a junior and will take number theory as a senior... is he considered more rigorous than a kid who takes two AP languages and but "only" gets to AP AB Calc?  Or the kid who takes Calculus-based physics but not Honors History?  My hunch is once you get to a certain point, it is all "most rigorous" but if you ask the kids themselves they would tell you these kids who track ahead are truly brighter than the rest -- but not sure that the college AO has enough time to really get into the weeds like this.[/quote]

I don't think your math example is great.  Sure, the kid who gets to Linear Algebra will be noticed for that but it's more an exception.

At our school, I'd say the most rigorous would mean they took the harder class each step along the way. And for some colleges, they like to see students took 4 years of all 5 core subjects (not doubling down in courses of. their strengths).  For example if there's a regular Chem 1 and an harder version of Chem 1 - they took the harder one.  If there's a regular Algebra 2 and an Honors Algebra 2....they took the honors. Or if there's a regular math track and a theoretical one - they took the theoretical.   It's generally not an option to take and "honors" version of English or History or Language at our school.

I think your confusion comes when someone chooses to double down in one area but stay in the lesser challenge class in another (as you note double down in language but take lighter path for science). That definitely happens - some kids will take more Humanities or Language, others will drop History or Language to take more Science or Math or Computer Science.  I'm sure it just depends on the college itself and what major your child is applying for. [/quote]

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