<p>“his entire schedule is AP/Honors courses with the exception of photography (AP Stats, AP English 3, AP History, Honors Spanish 3, AP Chemistry, and Photography 2) so we believe this is the correct track to get into a top school”
OP, what classes is he taking Sr year? Are AP Calculus and AP Physics offered and is he planning on taking them? And will his HS counselor be able to check YES when asked if your S took the most “rigorous classes available”? Because if he has any hope of getting into his reaches, especially into their Engineering programs, then he needs to have taken those 2 classes by the end of his Sr year at a minimum. For MIT he will need to have some outstanding outside EC’s related to his interest in engineering, such as math contests, robotics, summer programs such as SSP, MITES, etc. in order to be competitive. MIT especially is looking for top students with a passion to learn, as shown by their numerous science related EC’s.</p>