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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just saw the post about dropping in rigor. In our school, a lot of kids are tutored to stay in the rigorous course. Couple years ago, a kid was asked to drop down a level but the family threatened to sue the school to keep him in the class (the parents told us!).

Is the motive for parents to keep their DCs challenged? Or are they concerned about falling out of running for the most selective colleges?

Is it better for get A in the less rigorous class or B in the more rigorous track when it comes to college admissions?[/quote]

The first layer of competition is between your student and peers at their school.  Unlikely that any school will admit all applicants from any school.  Your kid needs to have a higher GPA taking the most rigorous courses offered.

A kid that has a non-weighted 4.0 with Algebra II and Environmental Science as their math and science courses will not be accepted over a kid with a 3.85 who has multi variable Calc and Physics C.  But the 3.85 kid will loose out to one that has a 4.0 who has also taken multi variable Calc and Physics C.

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But we are not talking about Algebra II when someone is applying to ivy.

3.85 multi variable Calc and Physics C would lose out to 4.0, Calc AB or precal (environmental science). 
I[b]f a kid wants ivy and wants rigor, they need to get 4.0 in multi variable Calc and Physics C.[/quote][/b]

it is not that hard really. There are more kids like that than there are spots in all the ivies[/quote]

Correct.  DC’s friends at an ivy, all took either multi variable or linear algebra or both, and aced them in high school.  Super common at ivies, feels like everyone [/quote]

ding ding ding, same with my kid at her ivy. They all had that, among unhooked at least. There are some hooked ones that don't but they are not chem or physics or engineering. [/quote]

It’s definitely not just stem kids.  Humanities kids too.  They all took the highest rigor and aced it in high school.  [/quote]

It amazes me that so many parents hear this and want that environment for their child in college. I want my child to enjoy college and their future life. This level of intensity in perpetuity (because those families then pursue the most “elite” grad schools and professions) does not seem like the path to happiness.[/quote]

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