<p>"if you're ES, IB/AP would be Statistics, Calculus AB, European History, World History, Geopolitics and International Relations, Economics, Philosophy, Foreign Language, and Political Thought"
some one posted this earlier.i am in the serie es. are those courses competitive and good enough for top colleges? (plan to persue economics in college)</p>
<p>US colleges admit students based on an examination of the overall level of rigor – not specific courses. Top colleges expect applicants to excel academically – but it’s not necessary to craft your courses with the aim to pursue Economics. They don’t expect applicants to have a pre-formed agenda – since they welcome students exploring and trying new things and possibly, switching to new disciplines.</p>
<p>If you’re ES, they’ll want to see that you achieved the highest possible grades in your chosen track. Being in ES is equivalent to having those classes you quoted above at the AP or IB level, so if you wished to pursue Economics or International relations at the college level, it would be very well regarded. However, you don’t apply for a specific major. So if you wanted to be premed, you could. If you wanted to combine art history and economics in order to work for an auction house, you could. They’ll decide to admit you or reject you based on your overall grades and on how rigorous your curriculum was, not on specific subjects taken or not taken. (Typically, any bac g</p>