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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here is what a NOVA student should take, at a minimum, to be competitive when applying to top 50 colleges:

AP Lang
AP Lit
AP Calc (flavor depends on STEM vs Non-Stem
AP Stat
AP Chem
AP Physics
AP Bio
AP Comp Gov
AP US History 
AP World History
4 years of the same language

Need 3 lab sciences so substitutions can be made there, and obviously more are available at most schools. 
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As Taylor Swift would say, “You need to calm down”. This to me seems like overkill for T50, maybe like top 25.  [/quote]
+1. I have a feeling that AOs would laugh at this level of striving.

Sure, students are considered within the context of their high school, but it is not a race for the most APs, with the exception being quartile ranking by weighted GPA, which will be higher with a higher proportion of weighted courses (which is not the same question as straight-up number of APs).

Sure, they are looking for advanced courses in most core subjects. There are 5 core subjects, not 10. For a student at a well-resourced school, 6-8 APs is enough. For example, no student is getting denied for only taking APUSH without also World and Gov. No one needs AP stats for admission to a top school.

And to answer OP, no, I do not believe anyone needs both Lit and Lang. Pick one.

The only exception to the above is gaming the weighted GPA for rank. While most high schools don't rank individuals anymore, most do rank by decile or quartile and publish that in the high school's School Profile, frequently by weighted GPA. Consider what is necessary to place highly in the class by weighted GPA for your specific high school's weighting system.[/quote]

That’s all fine and nice, but the schools themselves say they judge students by rigor. Are you implying they don’t actually mean it?[/quote]
No. Just that the necessary level of rigor tops out before having both AP Lang and Lit, or 10 APs. Level of rigor is not about a race to having the most APs.[/quote]

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