<p>I believe this is the correct section to post this thread in but if not I apologize!</p>
<p>I asked for a copy of my high school's profile today because they just redid it. My counselor gave it to me and when I looked at it it said my school offers 10 APs, 2 college classes, and 11 Honors classes. This year, however, we only have 6 APs, 1 college class, and 9 honors classes actually running because there either weren't enough students wanting(or eligible in the case of AP Calc--I go to a very small school) to take the class or the class was canceled because some teachers were let go and not replaced (a financial issue I assume). We weren't even offered 10 APs last year when setting up our schedules--only 8. </p>
<p>I asked the head of the counseling department about it and she got extremely defensive, saying it was none of my business how the school profile is done. She also said the reason the numbers are that high is that they include the courses that are generally offered--not the ones that are actually running in a given year. </p>
<p>I was wondering, is this how most school do their profiles? I don't understand how a college can judge acedemic rigor when the classes "generally offered" don't even run, not allowing the kids who did want to take the classes to take them?? Three of the classes I had signed up to take this year ended up being cancelled. Also, is the profile really none of my business and was I really in the wrong to ask about it before it's sent to the schools I'm applying to?</p>