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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I[b]f she stops it means she opens up a a slot for someone else at UVA.[/quote][/b]

I'm sure you meant that as a snark, but it is true for ALL of the top top schools.  The Ivies and top SLACs want to see that [b]the student has availed themselves of the most rigorous courses offered by their high school, which means, of course, exhausting the foreign language requirement.  Google it[/quote][/b]

[b]Really? What if they want to drop AP language in order to take AP Physics C along with Calculus III and AP Chem. Not a hypothetical. This is what my DD is considering for senior year based on her interests. How can swapping out AP language for a second AP science not be equivalent in the “rigor” department?[/quote][/b]

FWIW some colleges and universities have made it clear that they consider foreign language to be a "core subject" as important as Science, Math, etc.  UVA has been clear about this (four years in the same language).  Other schools don't care that much.  Talk to your college counselor.

Here's what Dean J at UVA has said on the topic.  Note that five core areas are of equal importance.

1. All of your core classes are important.
A lot of people focus on the core areas that correspond to their current academic interest. I've even had people wave off certain subjects because they aren't interested in them or they don't come "naturally" to them. I wish they'd stop this. High school is the time to get a broad foundation in several areas and college is the time to specialize. We most concerned with a student's work in five core areas [b](in alpha order, not order of importance): [b]English, Math, Science, Social Science, and World Language. [/b]

She says in her blog that doubling up on a science course and dropping another core class is not a good idea.  Worth talking to your counselor and UVA about (if at all interested) before proceeding.
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