<p>Those who got accepted to harvard, I was just wondering, are you're schedules extremely hard? What type of classes do you take? Any off's?</p>
<p>The hardest at my school, yes. But that isn't "extremely" hard, as my public school is pretty bad. Still, I take AP/honors and a few electives that I enjoy.</p>
<p>Taking 2APs and 4IBs right now. Took 6 IBs last year. If your school doesn't allow you to take more than a few APs or IBs, that's okay. The colleges will understand.</p>
<p>OP, Harvard puts great emphasis on whether a student has looked for challenges. If your high school doesn't offer AP's/honors/whatever, don't worry about that, but if it does, you should be taking advantage of those opportunities. I'd advise any student aiming for Harvard to pursue your interests, but take the toughest schedule that allows you to do that.</p>
<p>My AP Physics course is extremely difficult, and I doubt I'll end up with above a B+ average for the year. Will a high Physics SAT score (>750) let admissions know that the grade isn't due to lack of motivation?</p>
<p>ifoldfivee -- You should send a note to Harvard explaining the situation. Because some slackers get high test grades, and unfortunately, admission officers won't be able to tell who's the slacker and who's not.</p>
<p>Correct me if I'm wrong, (after all I was deferred) but what I've seen was that people who get into the great schools don't "stack themselves up" but rather find their way, work their way, through high school. </p>
<p>most common schedules I've seen were difficult, but there was always one or two classes with the student doing something they enjoyed, whether it be band, art, photography, etc.</p>
<p>I was accepted and during high school I only took 6 and a half APs (I only did one semester of AP Chem) but my school only offers 8 or 9 total so I tried to show that I was taking advantage of the classes as much as possible.</p>
<p>I also took three full years of student government and three full years of choir (these were both electives for me) as well as mixing in PEs, photography, and a peer tutoring class.</p>