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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It means AP Physics C not 1 or 2
It means Calculus BC not AB 
It means AP Chem and/or AP Bio not AP Psych or AP Environmental Science
It means both AP Lit and AP Language
It means AP Histories for 3+ years
It means AP Foreign Language 
AP Stats is a nice add on but not in lieu of BC Calc

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This is not true for my Tysons area FCPS, which offers 25+ different AP classes.
Our GC says students only need to take 7 (but must include at least 1 in each core subject) + 3 years of the same Foreign Language
Also that Honors didn't matter because that was a prereq for AP anyway.
My kid didn't want to take more than 3 AP classes per year, and the school only allows 1 in 10th grade; so this is what my kid took in addition to FL through Spanish 4.
10 - World Hist AP
11 - AP Chem, AP US Hist, AP Lang
12 - AP Calc AB, AP Computer Science, AP Gov 
The box will be checked on my kid's transcript. That is how the colleges compare each student to his classmates... just that designation. So as far as colleges are concerned, my kid took a rigorous load; even though I personally know some of my kid's peers took 10-12 APs.. it's good to know that the GC is not encouraging it.
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[b]The HS counselor checking the "box" doesn't mean much.[/b]  What matters is whether the admissions committees at colleges your DC applies to determine that after looking at your DC's transcript. [/quote]

It does for FCPS and in-state public school admissions to UVA/WM/VT.  The grades are recalculated according to college formulas, but the GC checking the box essentially gets the college admissions to check that box also.  [/quote]

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