If you were a counselor, how would you determine "most demanding" course rigor? (versus other options of "very demanding", "demanding", "average", "below average")
Assume that you work at a high school where a full range of college-prep academic courses is offered, honors courses are offered in many subjects, and advanced (e.g. AP, IB HL, college) courses are available for students ready for college-frosh level material.
The actual question appears to imply a competition or ranking between college prep students (which may be part of the reason for the concerns about hyper-competition within a school): "In comparison with other college preparatory students at your school, the applicant's course selection is: ...". Would you use relative ranking within this year's senior class, or base the answer on some sort of absolute standard regardless of whether this year's seniors chose more or less demanding courses than previous years' seniors?
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