<p>Generally speaking they are looking for proof that you can handle college. Its the biggest factor in admission. Ideally you should take college level courses in each core area and get As. Also they will be looking for proof that you are on a college track…try to think of your last two years of HS as being in college…in a sense you are. </p>
<p>Your high school should publish a school profile which the adcoms will look at to evaluate how well you took advantage of what they offered.</p>
<p>hope I’m not too late, but at my school, they posted the school report and “highest rigor” for us was 8 or more honors/ap courses junior+senior year. i do go to a New England boarding school, so I don’t think this applies to all schools. But in general, there is a number for “average” “rigorous” and “most rigorous”. I’m sure you can ask your counselor and get a copy of the report for your school</p>
<p>I would think having 7-8 AP’s (some hard, some medium, and one or two easy) would be sufficient for my school. There are only about 4-5 AP classes offered here.</p>
<p>^Hot damn, then, it’s more than sufficient!</p>
<p>I took seven AP classes (one of which, Physics C, had two tests) and self-studied two APs. However, since my school offers 15-20, that must not’ve been seen as enough, and predictably I only got into my local state school and my safeties.</p>
<p>They look at your courseload and determine the difficulty level of your schedule. Colleges want to see lots of AP classes with As and passing exam scores. I took 11 APs in high school; 3 of them were online via FLVS. Fortunately, my school offers something around 15 AP classes. Though over the past four years they have lost some and added others; it’s weird.</p>
<p>quality of education.</p>
<p>And whether it is a Honor or AP course.</p>