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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP here.   I’m specifically thinking of Dean J at the University of Virginia, who has made clear time and again that your core subjects are considered extremely important regardless of interest or intended major. You don’t skimp on them for electives.[/quote]

Public flagships have a formula. So does UNC. and UT.
I wouldn't take that to mean that's what private T10 are looking for. [/quote]

It's not a "public flagship formula."  UVA holds joint admissions webinars with Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Wellesley (see https://admission.virginia.edu/hpuwy) and they all say this.  It's insane to suggest that UVA's admissions formula is more demanding than Harvard's regardless.

College admissions 101:  [b]you don't skimp on the rigor of core subjects (math, science, English, history, foreign language) for the sake of electives, and you don't skimp on one core subject to double up on another either[/b]. [/quote]

True.  Advice otherwise would be misleading to younger parents.[/quote]

I don't think anyone is recommending you skip a core subject. Just that you may not need AP chem and can do honors Chem if you are an archeology student aiming for Brown. Same if you are an art history major - take all core subjects ALL years, but no need for AP in all.
At our school, this kind of thing only works for non-STEM majors, though.
Also, no need to go down in rigor if your kid can easily get all As in the APs. This is really only for those kids that might end up with a B in those classes. The point is to find the rigor elsewhere.
There's a NY college counselor who definitely pushes kids in this direction and heavily pushes majors like: Anthro, Soc, Arch, Urban Studies, Medieval Studies, Folklore, Egyptology, Celtic Languages, Bagpiping (CMU!), Popular Music.[/quote]

Well, my kid is applying as a business major and he has had 3 counselors tell him choosing APES over [b]AP Bio/AP Chem/AP Physics [/b]will be a determinant to his application. This is after taking honors Bio/honors chem/honors physics. They ALL said APES is not considered very rigorous. Environmental science is interesting to a lot of kids, but god forbid kids pick a class they are actually excited about. [/quote]

It is interesting but you can't take everything.  I think physics, chem and bio are core and should come first[/quote]

Every student needs those 3 classes for selective (and even some not super selective schools). Do they all have to be AP is the question.[/quote]

They need to be the most rigorous selection available to the student.  If AP physics is offered, don't take a lower level physics course.[/quote]

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