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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We clarified that this means they expect AP or DE in every subject including world language and they said yes.

But I basically when I asked the definition of “rigorous” since most schools have more AP options than a student could humanly take, they said it’s whatever box the counselor checks. And your counselor says you took “most rigorous” that’s the most important thing ?

They would not give any direct answers and it was pretty unhelpful. Just keep repeating “holistic blah blah blah.”[/quote]

Why wouldn’t a top school like UVA want top rigor in all cores? This is done by at least 1/5th of my kid’s private school. It is a well-trodden path. The high school advises it to the kids who get in to these highest level courses. If you can’t stand the heat get out of the kitchen. There is no shortage of applications who have highest rigor in all 5 cores. Read Jeff Selingo: he described how emory or davidson or both evaluate rigor similarly, looking for highest level in all cores. This is not new people. And true top kids have been doing this for years. Intellectually curious kids chomp at the bit to take the hard courses—they love it. Those are the kids these schools want and those are who they get(for unhooked at least). [/quote]

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