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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is this subjective or are there defined requirements by school for receiving this designation.  Which child (hypothetical) below would receive the designation?

Child 1:
AP Lit
AP Lang
APUSH
AP Gov
H. Physics
AP Environmental
French 5
Pre Calc
AP Stats

Child 2:
MV/Dif EQ/LA
AP Physics: Mechanics
AP Physics: E&M
AP Chem
AP Environmental
AP Stats
H. English 12
ASL 4
H. US History
H. NSL Gov
AP Micro/Macro
[/quote]

Is this a joke? It is the second one. 
But at least in our high school the second one is still not "highest rigor". There will be about 12-15 kids each year who run the table with top courses across all disciplines:

MVC as highest math
AP Chem
AP PhysicsC
AP lit 
AP foreign lang
APUSH
and the last few AP spots possible will be some mix of AP bio or Econ or gov or Compsci, or one of the post-AP honors courses(organic chem, specific niche history or literature seminars).

That group, which is roughly the top 15% of the class rigor-wise,  is where every unhooked ivy admit comes from, whether they have a couple A- or B+and are in the low end of the top 10% or whether they are the Valedictorian with A/A+ in everything. Rigor is more important than small differences in GPA. This is a top private that sends about 10% to ivy+ and 40% to T25/top8 LAC.[/quote]

Ok, so for English kids take AP Lit, but not AP Lang. Got it, you’re making up stuff again.[/quote]

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