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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No way.....1 free period is fine, not 2.[/quote]

+1. Top schools are looking to see if your kid can handle the rigor of college -two free periods says no[/quote]

[b]Have you been to college?  [/b]Two free periods in a high school day is nothing compared to college free time.[/quote]

top slac. Yale law. Parent of Ivy and UVA students, now at Ixford. Want to try the sarcasm again? Top schools are looking for students who have exhausted the top
curriculum the high school offers. It's called rigor. Two free classes says no rigor. And yes the college-assigned representatives know everything about your high school. Since they take first read of the application after the contract readers are done, two open slots will jump out at them, especially if your kid doesn't have four years of foreign language.[/quote]
My kid currently attends a T10. Kid's senior year schedule looked like:
- multivariable calc, dual enrollment online
- AP European History
- AP Physics C
- regular English
- random elective
- TA period

DCUM striver culture gets so caught up in a race to the most APs. OP's kid is already taking 5 senior year. A 6th AP course senior year is not going to move the needle one iota on whether he gets in. The decision will rest on the rest of the app.[/quote]

If a top school wants to see a "most rigorous" courseload, it is going to notice two free classes. Also, the college counselor (who often  writes letters of rec) will
see it and wonder. Colleges are very leery
of kids who get Senioritis which is why they reserve the right to withdraw offers if the kid goofs off spring term. Two empty periods screams Senioritis. At least check with your high school counselor before doing this. They will warn against it.[/quote]
Top schools don't notice what isn't there - what isn't there is "two free periods." They see what is there. Five APs is enough. An extra elective is not something they care about either.[/quote]

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