<p>Dd is a junior. She took 2 APs as a sophmore, is taking 3 as a junior and will take 4-5 as a senior. Her gpa is about a 3.6uw <em>however</em> in order to be in the top 10%, you need a 4.5 weighted. Kids who are in IB have a HUGE advantage because all their courses-- even art-- are weighted an extra point. Dd does not want to do IB. (She is actually too advanced in her foreign language.) </p>
<p>Anyway, questions:
1- Dd took Honors History fresh year, AP Govt soph year and is considering taking no social studies junior year. (She would take art this year and Honors or AP social studies senior year.) Would only 3 years of social studies look bad to colleges? </p>
<p>2- Dd is taking Precalc <em>but</em> the school says that, since it's not honors, she is unprepared for AP Calc next year. She could take a Calculus class which is non-honors and non-AP or AP Statistics. She wants to major in sciences so she needs to take Calculus in college. Taking the non-AP course will hurt her weighted average but, it seems to me, will prepare her better for college. What would you do? (She will also take at least 1 other non-AP course senior year: Physics. She will be taking an AP science-- either Bio or Chem.)</p>