<p>how does college judge the course rigor of a school that does not offer AP and IB? where every course's level is divided into just University (hardest), University/College, and College (easiest).</p>
<p>rigor is a noun.</p>
<p>Well, I assume they would see University as the most challenging and College as the least. Ask your guidance counselor how your school explains this grading system to colleges in the past.</p>
<p>Um I see a bigger issue here. A school with no AP and IB falls into one of two categories: non-competitive public HS, or highly academic HS. If the former, the GC is apt to be of little help to the OP … who is obviously aiming for those few colleges that consider course rigor for admittance purposes. If, on the other hand, the HS is highly academic then I’m certain the issue of course rigor has been hashed out in prior years. In either case, the OP “gets what he gets” and has zero influence. JMHO of course.</p>
<p>Yeah NewHope I’m the latter in that category, at my school everyone is on the same track but i know more than the kids who take APs at my public school.</p>
<p>canadian HS? a few schools in canada offer AP, but mine don’t. so…?</p>
<p>They look at SATI, SAT II Subject Test, and AP scores, along with GPA to determine how rigorous the curriculum was.</p>
<p>well there are a lot of high schools in Canada that offer AP but mine isn’t one of them.
so what if the high school you attend is “non-competitive”, does college expects you to move and enroll in a more competitive one?
fauve- we don’t need to take SAT or AP, so they can’t get a feel for my school. THough i feel my school has a lot of smart people and is quite competitive</p>
<p>^No, of course you wouldn’t be expected to transfer to another high school! However, you should arrange to take AP or at least SATIIs on your own, especially if you’re thinking of applying to schools in the U.S. Those standard tests would give you an idea of how well your high school has prepared you for college and how you compare to other applicants.</p>
<p>to self-study for AP, do you take it online? or is it kind of like SAT 2? i hope its the latter.</p>
<p>You can take an online course if you want, but you don’t HAVE to. So long as you contact the AP coordinator for some test site and give them $86 per test (although I’m not sure how the payment works in Canada), you can do whatever AP tests you’d like.</p>
<p>The reputation of your high school, and the distribution of grades for that class. And, yes, whether the grade received is proportional to the corresponding standardized exams.</p>
<p>what are the averages for a typical class? in my school, the typical average is high 70s for a hard class and low 80s for a easy class.</p>
<p>anyone one want to give me a range? please
cuz here in Ontario, anything above 80 is a A. I have a friend that went to NYU with a 84 average, 3.36GPA. I mean do college think we get marked harder here or something?</p>
<p>and trust me, my friend’s EC, essay, SAT (2000), SAT 2, aren’t even that good ( i looked at them)</p>
<p>NYU likes quirky weirdos, and scores aren’t that important.</p>
<p>Just do the best you can.</p>
<p>Haha, it seems like a lot of colleges like quirky weirdos.</p>
<p>But when your guidance counselor sends his/her recommendation (whether it’s a well-written one or not), they are also required to send a school profile, describing what kind of school it is, the kinds of classes it offers (honors, AP, IB, etc.), average SAT scores, where previous grads went off to college, and some other little things. Colleges will usually be able to use this to put you in context and see if you’ve made the most of the opportunities given to you.</p>
<p>hey I’m a rising senior in a canadian HS too. My school only offers two AP courses, and I’m taking one next year, so I guess that’s sorta doing my part (I took half the amount of AP classes possible). Seriously though, try self-studying them. I find that the online AP courses don’t really help that much. I tried doing AP World History online and that didn’t work out so good, but I bought myself a PR book and spent a week studying and got a 5. Same with the Subject Test. </p>
<p>I guess it’s easier if you self-study for subjects you’re confident in, and have delved some time into.</p>
<p>Also, I think you can also count taking less spares, less classes like Textiles, more classes to do with your desired major, and finishing required courses ahead of time (like doing Math 12 in your grade 11 year) as having good rigor in your courses.</p>
<p>As an add-on to The Question: Say one of your courses in school is World History. Therefore, you could self-study for the AP World History exam, and it wouldn’t be as difficult as learning everything from scratch. You have a basic background, you just need the details that the AP tests on.</p>
<p>Just a small suggestion that’s made a lot of my friends’ lives much easier.</p>
<p>yeah, i’ll just self-study AP world history and AP Cal or Pre-Cal, if its like SAT 2, i’ll be happy.
Would AP Physics be like grade 12 physics or grade 11 physics?</p>