<p>I know colleges put a lot of emphasis on challenging yourself. I've made it my goal to take the most rigorous schedule possible. However, even though I have a free period in my schedule, I can't take the AP Statistics course I want to take because it is only offered one period. Instead, I'll be taking a lunch period. How heavily do colleges consider restraints on scheduling when looking at transcripts? I have to imagine this is something they wouldn't know about unless my counselor sent it with the transcript.</p>
<p>On the contrary, college admissions offices have been dealing with high-school applicants for many years, and they understand that this kind of conflict occurs all the time.</p>
<p>In addition, I think you’re expecting admissions officers to spend more time analyzing the “rigor” of your class schedule than they actually will. They’ll look to see whether you took a demanding schedule of academically hefty classes. They’ll look at the Secondary School Report to see how your guidance counselor rates your program of study compared to those of your high-school classmates. Then they’ll move on to other parts of your application. They don’t have enough time (or much desire) to fixate on the small details.</p>
<p>Oh, okay. That’s awesome. The information session I went to had a couple top schools and they made it look like they looked at each individual class — for example, some specifically said they won’t take Phys. Ed grades into account.</p>