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341. COURSE SELECTION FOR HIGHLY SELECTIVE ADMISSIONS
All things being equal, high school GPA carries the most weight in college admissions decisions. But when it comes to the classes those grades come from, all things most certainly are not equal. Amy and Mike invited educational consultant Aly Beaumont to explore the finer points about course selection for highly selective college admissions.
What are five things you will learn in this episode?
What classes should a student really take in high school?
Do students really need to take foreign language for college, and if so for how long?
How important is it to take Honors, AP, or IB classes?…
The skinny
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