Are my courses rigorous enough?

Applying to College
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I have been visiting a few college campuses, and many of the counselors and admissions people said that they would like to see very rigorous courses on my transcript. If any of you would be so kind, could you look through my course load and see if my classes are rigorous or not. Keep in mind I am not trying to flex or anything, after asking my friends I so far gotten mix responses. I am just trying to get more people’s opinions and see whether my course load will be a plus or minus in my chances for university.

I will also apologize for the very long thread post.
® - regular, (h) - honors, (a) - AP, i - (IB), d - (dual-credit at a community college, weighted as honors in my high school)

8th grade: Algebra 1 (h), Spanish 1 (h)
9th grade: World History (a), PE ®, English 1 (h), Fundamentals of Computer Science ®, Biology 1 (h), Spanish 2 (h), Geometry (h)
Summer: Art history (d)
10th grade: English 2 (h), Biology (a), Algebra 2 (h), Human Geography (a), Chemistry (h), Computer Science (a), Physics 1 (a)
Summer: Algebra (d), Trigonometry (d), Intermediate Spanish (d), Computer Science 1 (d)

After this year, my school implemented a block schedule with 8 classes

11: Theory of Knowledge 0 hour (i), Spanish 4 (i), English 3 (i), Economics (i), Chemistry (i), Statistics (a), Physics 2 (a), History of Americans (i), Math) (i)
12: Theory of Knowledge 0 hour (i), History of Americans (i), English 4 (i), Spanish 5 (i), Math (i), Calculus BC (a), Economics (i), Computer Science Principles (a), Chemistry (i)

Just to let you know, all of my IB classes and my AP classes are weighted the same.

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Your courses look plenty rigorous. If you are in doubt, talk to your guidance counselor to see how it compares with other people at your school. One of the items on your transcript to colleges is if you have taken the most rigorous curriculum offered at your school so you need to know if the GC will check that box.

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Yes.

I can think of no instance where a student following the IB Diploma curriculum would be rated anything but “most demanding.” Also, as an FYI, no college will care about your 8th grade classes.