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When you apply to college, your guidance counselor must rate the rigor of your courses in the Secondary School Report (SSR) as compared to all other college bound student’s at your high school. ALL selective colleges, including Harvard, want to see that you have the MOST DEMANDING rating, which usually means students have taken the maximum number – or close to the maximum number – of AP’s available to them. If a student’s high school does not offer AP courses, ALL selective colleges, including Harvard, do not hold it against them, so long as your GC rates the rigor of your curriculum to be MOST DEMANDING. See page 2 of SSR: <a href=“http://www.ugadm.northwestern.edu/documents/UG_Admissions_SecondarySchoolReport.pdf”>http://www.ugadm.northwestern.edu/documents/UG_Admissions_SecondarySchoolReport.pdf</a></p>