Course rigor enough for top colleges?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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I don’t want to go to an Ivy League school and my guidance counselor thinks I’m doing fine, but I do want to go to either Johns Hopkins, Carnegie Mellon, or Georgetown. Rather than taking a bunch of APs, I hope that I can use the “holistic” review to my advantage. I’m taking the new SAT and three subject tests (Math II, Chemistry, Spanish).

My school offers 17 AP courses and I’ll only be taking 5 total plus 2 self-study.

Freshman

GT English 9 (A)
GT US Government (A; AP score 4)
Honors Biology (A)
Honors Anatomy and Physiology (A)
Honors Geometry (A)
Spanish 2 (A)
Physical Education (A)
Chorus (A)

Sophomore

GT English 10 (B…oh well)
GT World History (A)
Honors Chemistry (A)
Honors Spanish 3 (A)
Honors Algebra 2 (A)
Engineering and Technology (A)
Academy of Health Professions 1 and 2 (A)

Junior

AP English Language
GT Pre-Calculus
Honors Physics
Honors Spanish 4
Honors US History
Honors Academy of Health Professions 3 and 4
Chorus (and AP Music Theory self-study)

Senior (I don’t have it figured out entirely)

AP English Literature
AP Calculus BC
AP Biology
AP Spanish Language
Economics (0.5) / Health (0.5)
Chorus or Guitar
Senior Internship (2 credits)

Thank you in advance!!

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Determine your course rigor by asking yourself these questions:

  1. Compare yourself to ALL of your classmates. Besides required courses, are the courses you’re taking harder, same, or easier than theirs?
  2. How many opportunities are you taking that your school offers? Are you taking all the APs and Honors possible?
  3. Are you going above and beyond? Are you in advanced track for anything? If your school offers limited opportunities, do you go to other places to fulfill your course rigor? That can be anywhere like a community college, another school, a local university, etc.