Rigorous Course load?

Applying to College
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<p>Will colleges such as Emory, WashU in St. Louis, UNC Chapel Hill consider this to be a rigorous, challenging course load?</p>

<p>Freshman:
2 Honors
5 Advanced (my school's equivalent of Honors courses)</p>

<p>Sophomore:
AP World History (5)
6 Advanced</p>

<p>Junior:
AP US History (4)
AP English Lang. and Comp. (4)
5 Advanced</p>

<p>Senior:
AP Calc AB
AP English Lit. and Comp.
AP Environmental Science
AP Psychology
3 Advanced</p>

<p>*I attend the top public school in KY (magnet school), often considered the best overall school in KY. sends many grads to top schools.
*I attend CC or Track practice for 2 hours each day after school
*I currently have a 4.0 (a few A+, a few A, a few A-)</p>

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<p>Will colleges such as Emory, WashU in St. Louis, UNC Chapel Hill consider this to be a rigorous, challenging course load?
*Advanced is my school's equivalent of an Honors course and Honors is like Advanced</p>

<p>Freshman:
Computer Application
Health/PE
Honor Social Studies
Honor Integrated Science
Advanced Geometry
Advanced English
Advanced Spanish 1</p>

<p>Sophomore:
AP World History (5)
Advanced English
Advanced Biology
Advanced Spanish 2
Advanced Algebra 2
Life Skills
Creative Writing</p>

<p>Junior:
AP US History (4)
AP English Lang. and Comp. (4)
Advanced PreCalc
Advanced Chem
Advanced Spanish 3
Photo I
Great Books</p>

<p>Senior:
AP Calc AB
AP English Lit. and Comp.
AP Environmental Science
AP Psychology
Advanced Gov Politics
Advanced Spanish 3
Advanced Humanities</p>

<p>*I attend the top public school in KY (magnet school), often considered the best overall school in KY. sends many grads to top schools. Am in Advanced program at this school.
*I attend CC or Track practice for 2 hours each day after school
*I currently have a 4.0 (a few A+, a few A, a few A-)</p>

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<p>The rigor of your course work will be evaluated in relation to what is offered at your HS. So, for example, if you're taking all of the APs offered at your school, then it would be considered the most rigorous course work possible; whereas, if your HS offers 20 AP classes, then it would not be as rigorous.</p>

<p>If your HS offers AP Physics, Bio or Chem, then the AP Env. Sci will be looked at as a less rigorous AP science class.</p>

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<p>My high school does offer approximately 20 APs, including those sciences. However, I plan to major in English and have been focusing more on that, while still trying to keep my AP course work up. Is my overall course load considered rigorous enough for the schools I mentioned?</p>

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<p>does anyone know if they count each class differently or is every AP class weighted the same...</p>

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<p>Some APs are considered more difficult than others. For example, in addition to the science ones I posted earlier:</p>

<p>Calc>Stats
USH>World</p>

<p>Psych is also considered an easier AP.</p>