Harvard admissions response on CCHS honors and course changes

College counselor Thelma Valverde forwards an admissions response to CCHS administrator Kelli Tarvyd, who then shares it with Assistant Superintendent Angela Baxter and Principal Lisa Cooper.

The Harvard representative says the admissions office does not assign points to honors classes or particular curricula and does not compare one high school's curriculum directly against another's. Instead, applicants are reviewed in the context of their own high school and what they achieved with the opportunities available to them.

The response recommends that CCHS explain the course changes in its school profile so admissions readers can understand the progression shown on student transcripts. The representative explicitly says the described changes would not, by themselves, place CCHS applicants at a disadvantage.