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the colleges say #1 by irishrock

evidently they look at the level of challenge of the curriculum that the student has taken. If a student is always taking the harder course, they say they will weight that in the student's favor versus what you describe in #2.

I am unsure if they do that or not. I have four kids and three are smart and one is as dumb as a box of rocks. First kid...pretty smart and did the #1 scenario and she has found college coursework to be easy. We'll see about kid #2 as he starts college in a week and he is the dumb (but lovable) one.