I wasn’t sure if my course rigor was sufficient for the UCs, Cornell and JHU. In freshman year, we cannot take weighted classes. In soph, we can generally take up to 2 weighted, in junior, we can take up to 6, and the same goes for senior year. I took 2 weighted in soph year, 3 in junior, and will be taking 3 in senior. Is this sufficient for the colleges I listed in accordance with the classes offered by my school? My weighted classes:
10th: AP Euro, Honors Chem
11th: AP Chem, AP Lit, Honors Spanish
12th: AP Bio, AP Psych, AP Lang
I am planning on becoming a bio major
Your course rigor will be judged against how you compare to your HS peers. How many AP classes do the top students take at your HS?
@Gumbymom i think theres are vary few people who take 6 weighted classes, but many of the top students take 4-5 weighted
Then you should be fine. At my son’s schools, the top students took around 10-12 AP’s, so like I stated above, it will vary with each school. As long as you shown that you have a taken a rigorous course load for your HS, everything is good.
@Gumbymom, sorry I meant 4-5 weighted only in junior year. As a whole, I think the students receiving topmost grades are taking between 10-12 weighted classes. I will have taken 8 weighted by the end of high school, do you think that is a decent course rigor?
Yes that course rigor is above decent. Although the top students do take 10+ AP classes, unless you can do the same and mantain a high gpa (get mostly A’s) then it is not worth it. The average AP classes taken across the board at IVY/Top colleges is between 6-8 (I remember hearing this). Getting a high GPA while taking AP Classes that demonstrate interest in what you would like to major in is sufficient in my opinion.
What about math and other science? How about Ap American government and Economics.
I think you course rigor could be light, AP Psych is a light weight.
I am doing AP Bio and regular physics next year because they do not allow us to double up on two weighted sciences in the same year.
I think it’s depends on the school. My kid’s high school, she can take 9-10 APs without stretching herself.
@DrGoogle is that 9-10 AP’s or 9-10 weighted classes (including honors)
APs, a few weighted or honor classes.