<p>Sorry if this isn't in the right section, but I'm just asking if this schedule is rigorous enough for ivy-tier universities.</p>
<p>Junior:
IB HL English
IB SL Biology
IB SL 20th Century World History
IB SL Math
Media (taking SL Film within this class, but they'll only see "Media")
Spanish 4
Advanced Debate</p>
<p>Senior (for next year)
IB HL English
IB HL Biology
IB HL History of the Americas
IB SL Math
Media (taking SL Film within this class, but they'll only see "Media")
IB SL Spanish
Advanced Debate</p>
<p>Do you think I should replace Advanced Debate with something like SL Psychology or SL ESS and do it as a certificate? Or am I "solid" with these classes as long as I do well come IB exams?</p>
<p>Are you completing the IB diploma? I don’t know how your school works but it seems strange to do SL one year and HL the next. In any case you should be fine. Do ask your guidance counsellor if your schedule is sufficient for them to mark “Most Demanding” on your report, and, if it isn’t, what you would need to add in order to get there. I wouldn’t drop debate unless it’s to take on another rigorous core class – high-school Psychology gets joked about in some circles.</p>
<p>I don’t think Harvard just looks at your schedule for how many rigorous classes although that’s is part of it. hey need to see a stellar extracurricular activities and your college application essay plays a huge role too.</p>
<p>@cat Yep. I don’t know, that’s how we do it for a lot of our classes. Anyways, I can still attend debate tournaments even if I do drop the class. But I guess I’ll just ask my counselor if my schedule would be “Most Demanding.” </p>
<p>@calc I realize that admissions are about a lot more things than just the rigor of your coursework, but I felt like I might have weakness in this area of my application since I’m taking two electives (even despite one of them technically being IB Film).</p>
Yup, that’s the way to go if you want a good answer to the question you asked. But if what you really wanted was to have a bunch of people natter on about your “chances” at Harvard, by all means stick around.</p>
<p>Unless you are the only person applying from your school in years, the admissions officer for your school will have seen other applicants’ transcripts from your school, and so the admissions officer will probably know if all the smart kids at your school do the SL/HL shuffle like that.</p>
<p>Also, electives are not “weaknesses,” especially not if you use them to accomplish something.</p>