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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How rigorous a courseload are they looking for?  How many APs do you typically need to take to get in-- do kids sometimes get in with only a handful of AP classes or do they need to be closer to maxing them out?  Do they have to be on the advanced math track/make it to calculus by senior year to get in, or is it okay to be on grade level and just do pre-calc or AP Stats senior year (if not interested in STEM)?[/quote]

28:15 here, our kid had 12 APs, mostly humanities (not math/science), but also Econ, and got 5s on all AP exams, including micro and macro economics. [/quote]

My MCPS Wootton grad did not have close to 12 APs. Maybe he had 7?  He didn’t have all 5s for scores either. All his other courses were honors though, except the PE and art credits.  UMD wants to see rigor but is not over the top in expectations. He did have a great GPA (4.7 weighted) and a good SAT and I think that in recent years both have been required for admission. [/quote]

What year was this, and what subjects were his higher vs lower rigor classes in?  What was his highest class in math?  Thanks![/quote]

AP Precalculus. [/quote]

Thanks!  Was this in the last couple of years?  Can anyone else confirm that kids have been getting in with grade-level math (ending in pre-calc or stats) rather than accelerated to reach calculus in HS?[/quote]

For some majors and depending on the HS you are from/connections, its possible but its pretty surprising that that is considered rigor.[/quote]

What do you mean?  Whether or not you're going to be able to reach calculus in high school is basically already decided for you by the time you're 10 years old (if you don't get recommended for accelerated math at the end of 3rd and/or 5th grade.). Isn't rigor based on the most rigorous classes available to you (i.e. taking honors or AP math classes at the level you're currently at, whether on-grade or ahead)?  Or are kids really not able to be considered as taking a highly rigorous courseload if their 5th grade teacher didn't think they were ready for accelerated math at 10 or 11 and so they can't get to Algebra 1 until 9th grade?

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Algebra 1 in 8th is the on level track in MCPS.  You can do Alg. 1 in 8th, leading to calculus with no summer classes, even if you didn’t do accelerated math at 10.[/quote]

No. Math 8 OR Algebra 1 is on-level. [/quote]

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