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[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. [b]Two free classes says no rigor[/b]. 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]

I'm the op, not the pp you've been conversing with but my kid's senior year schedule, as it stands, wouldn't exactly scream slacker even with 2 free periods.

He will have MV Calc, AP Physics/Chem (Chem + Phyics C: E&M), AP Lit, AP Euro, Japanese (super hard class, much more difficult than AP Spanish, but AP not offered). As I mentioned, he's not allowed to take AP Psych or AP Gov as 2 ss/history courses in one year are not allowed at his school. He's hoping for an additional post-ap math, but seats are limited and not guaranteed.

To clear up confusion over no. of APS: he is taking 5 AP now as a junor, similar schedule to above but with 2 math slots (Calc BC and Stats). There is no other math, SS/History, English, FL for him to take next year. And I don't see the point of taking another science (bio or environmental) when he's already essentially taking 2 in the science block and doesn't really want either of those.

But there would be an appearance of slight decrease in rigor:  5 AP jr. year vs 4 AP senior year if he doesn't get that second math course. It hurts him that his FL doesn't offer AP I guess, but that's the one he wanted to take.[/quote]

Troll

Stay out of his biz. He can also always sit do the Japanese AP test.

My parents didn’t rattle off my junior year classes nor senior year ones. Pathetic. [/quote]

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