Private College Prep Class vs Public Honors Class?
Are private high school college preparatory school classes harder than public high school honor classes?
I ask this because my friend, who goes to a public high school in California, flaunts off ALL honor classes. I was amazed and a bit jealous. However, when she started explaining the lessons they were studying, I realized that it was stuff I had learned in middle school or had already currently learned in my regular classes.
I ask this because I'm hoping my dream colleges automatically don't rule me out because I didn't take any honor classes and I received a B in a seemingly 'easy' course.
Thank you in advanced 
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Typically, in the US, good private school curriculum is much much tougher than even the top public school curriculum. My son attends an extremely rigorous private school in LA, CA. They don't have many AP classes, because the curriculum isn't rigorous enough, so they have Honor classes instead for many of the subjects, and the kids take the AP exams. Most get 5's if they're in an AP/Honor class, at least 4's if they're in the regular classes. My dh participates in the admissions process for his Ivy alma mater, and he sees kids ranked at the top of their public school class, with GPAs of 5.0 (so weighted with AP/Honors classes), but only 1's and 2's on all the AP exams, and 1500 on their SAT (out of 2400). So colleges look at much more than just grades.
Unfortunately, even the kids at the most rigorous schools need to get very close to a 4.0 unweighted GPA to be admitted into top colleges and Ivies. While the colleges know the curriculum and grading policies of all high schools, and they do give a bit of a bump for those students who attend schools with very rigorous curriculum, it doesn't turn a B into an A.
Discuss your college goals with your high school college counselor, and make a plan. Look on the college websites for information on Incoming Freshmen Profile (GPA, SAT, etc stats), requirements, etc.
Good luck!
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