Is my schedule rigorous enough for the Ivies?

Applying to College
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Freshman Year: (All courses are Honors)

Dynamics of Healthcare (Dual Credit)
Scientific Inquiry and Analysis
World History
World Literature
Combined Algebra (Alg I & Alg II)
Spanish II
Biology
Fitness I / Health I

Sophomore Year:

Math Analysis (Pre-Calculus)
Spanish IV
Medical Terminology (Dual Credit)
Community Health (Dual Credit)
Emergency and Clinical Care (Dual Credit)
Early American Literature
US History I
Chemistry
Fitness II / Health II

Projected Junior Year:

AP Biology
AP Calculus I/AB
AP Spanish
**AP Chemistry or Physics (Depending if I skip out of Physics over the summer)
Anatomy & Physiology I (Dual Credit)
US History II (No AP until Senior Year)
Modern American Literature (No AP until Senior Year)
Fitness III / Health III

Is my schedule rigorous enough for the ivies? My school is very rigorous itself, and I think that the max AP courses taken before senior year will be around 4/5.

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This is a question for your guidance counselor.

Colleges judge students in the context of their high school. In fact, your guidance counselor is asked to rate the rigor of your course load in comparison to other college bound students at your high school when the complete the Secondary School Report (SSR) on your behalf – and colleges take the word of your GC. See page two, upper section of SSR: http://admissions.duke.edu/images/uploads/process/school_report.pdf. So ask your GC, as your course load might be considered rigorous for some high schools, but might NOT appear so for other high schools.

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@gibby is correct. That said, most applicants will have been judged to have taken the most rigorous courseload, so you will have plenty of company. HS courses (and the grades received), however, are but one part of the admissions decision for these selective colleges.