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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here again, thank you to everyone for posting.

Would be interesting to hear from parents whose kids are humanities focused and took a slower math track and did well with college admissions.

I understand that there is a lot that goes into admissions, and each kids is different. My oldest happens to be a humanities kid and will likely end with high stats and rigor in all the other subjects - but adding on AP Calc junior year I predict would add a lot of extra stress and possibly his first B. My younger kid is different - he will knock out all the math APs no problem, but probably won't have any sort of spike. [/quote]

I can’t offer an admissions success story, but I will say that my junior sounds very much like your kid, and he’s taking AP Calc AB as a senior. It’s one of five APs he’s taking next year, and he’s a humanities kid, and he will have a balanced and rigorous transcript (2 APs in English, social studies, and science; 1 in math; 1 in foreign language; and two elective APs). He also has very time-consuming ECs. It doesn’t seem worth the stress to push for Calc BC. I can’t imagine this will be the thing that keeps him out of his top choices.[/quote]

Thank you for this. Our kids do sound very similar...almost down to the number of APs and 5 APs planned for senior year. My kid also has a time-consuming EC that could result in significant awards/recognition if he puts in the time. I think I know the right answer, but it is disappointing to see that it is still a mad race to rack up APs. I thought things had changed since I was in high school. 
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