<p>Is 12 a good amount of AP's to have for Rice? This is on top of a job and multiple presidencies.
I want to major in English. Here are my courses, along with the one (sad I know) I have a score from</p>
<p>Soph.
WHAP (4)</p>
<p>Junior
AP Lang and Comp (no score but made 5's on every mock, which are all just AP prompts from past years)
AP Chemistry II
AP Human Geography
APUSH</p>
<p>Senior
AP Environmental Science
AP Lit
AP Eco
AP Gov
AP French
AP Statistics
AP Euro History</p>
<p>First I want to comment that I hate the new format of CC.</p>
<p>Are you a junior or senior now?</p>
<p>You need scores.</p>
<p>I’m a junior.</p>
<p>Here’s what I’m anticipating for jr year. Based on practice tests.
HGAP - 5
APUSH high 4 or low 5
AP Chem mid 3- low 4
AP Lang - 5</p>
<p>The number of AP courses you take does not matter as much as the number of tests you do well in. You say you make a 5 on every mock AP Lang test, which were just prompts from years past. How do you have access to an AP grader? I suspect that it was merely graded by your teacher, in which case you cannot confidently predict a 5 on the test.</p>
<p>The number of APs you take in relation to how it looks to top colleges depends on two things: The types of AP courses taken when related to your interests/goals (major, activities, career, etc) and how many are offered at your school and what your guidance counselor says about your course-load. And obviously your grades in them are looked at in relation with your course-selections. </p>
<p>Source: hours of research done, experience with others</p>
<p>So my AP Lang score will be more important? I won’t submit Lit because I’m doing ED.</p>
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<p>12 is more than enough AP classes to have a rigorous schedule. However, you’ve only taken one AP class before. I’m sure you’re halfway through your junior year now but even so, going from four AP classes to seven AP classes in a school year is a HUGE jump that you may or may not be ready for. You’re going to be incredibly busy with college applications, activities, and all of the fun that comes with being a senior in high school.</p>
<p>Unless your school’s AP classes have very little homework or you like to spend all of your time studying, I have a hard time supporting taking seven APs in one year. Even narrowing it down to five or so that you really want to take (because you’re interested in the subjects) would probably free up a lot of time for other important commitments. Plus, doing well in five AP classes would look a whole lot better than doing just okay in seven AP classes.</p>
<p>Of course, there are always exceptions. You may be a genius and find seven AP classes easy to balance. Most would probably find that very difficult though, which is why I’m putting in a word of caution. Senior year will be your last year of high school…it’s no fun to overload your schedule and have little time to enjoy for yourself (I speak from experience). You’ll have many opportunities to have a monstrous schedule in college. That’s just my two cents though. Good luck!</p>
<p>I know this is late, but I’m considering dropping AP French and instead doing a by-admissions only leadership class at my school that teaches lessons to the freshman classes about how to get involved, college, etc. Yes / no? Thoughts? Only downside is that my school runs on a 7 point scale. The way it works is an A in AP is 7 points. An A in an on level course is only 6 points. Is it worth the gpa drop to do?</p>
<p>After a certain point, GPA does not matter as much as having a well rounded application. Compare your GPA to others in your grade and see how well off you are relative to everyone else. You also want to ask your counselor what GPA past students from your school generally had that went to a top 20 university. This also depends on your school size, the competitiveness of your school, etc. Adcoms will evaluate your application in context. </p>
<p>If you are well into the top 5% of your school, it may be worth dropping the AP class for something else. However, I do not know if a leadership course will be worth much on a resume. I would be much more inclined to recommend lettering in a sport or gaining captaincy in a rigorous academic team (ie. Debate). </p>
<p>My gpa could use the boost. Right now I sit at about a 3.6 UW and a 4.0 W because my freshman year drags me down a lot. Without it I’m at like a 3.88 uw and a 4.2 w</p>
<p>Around 15%</p>
My son is trying to decide if he should take AP or honor English in his junior year. The teacher for AP English historically has a pretty tough grading curve, some kids only get high 80s in his class but can get a 5 on actual AP test. Our school don’t give much weight on AP courses but only report grades based on 100 point scale, i.e. 89 in AP English, 95 Honor English, etc.
What looks ‘better’? regular school grade 89 AP English & 5 on AP test vs. 95 Honor English on your transcript. Any comments or suggestion is greatly appreciated!
^you need to make a new thread. Please note that this thread is from 2014.
Thanks, as you can see I am new to CC board, still learning …