<p>Is it true that many people get into Ivied without many AP courses? (this is assuming that their school does not limit the number of AP courses a student can take).</p>
<p>*Ivies. not Ivied. sorry.</p>
<p>Doubt it. The Ivies want to see that you have challenged yourself and taken the most rigorous courseload available to you at your school. “Challenging” and “rigorous” REQUIRES AP courses if they are an option and more than just one or two (if you can).</p>
<p>Ivies to consider what type of high school you go to, meaning the better your HS, the better your chance of getting in. Otherwise let’s just move to really easy high schools, take the most rigorous course, have inflated high GPA, and get into Ivy League, yeah?</p>
<p>Beretta, your logic makes sense…but then why do colleges explicitly state that they don’t hold it against students when their school doesn’t offer AP classes?</p>
<p>because they had no chance to. Obviously they would prefer if you went to a good HS and were able to take advantage of all of the advanced courses offered because it’s a better indicator of ability, as the ceiling is much higher. It’s when you go to a good HS with lots of advanced courses and choose to take the easy route that they don’t care if you had a 4.0, you weren’t willing to challenge yourself.</p>
<p>I believe your counselor fills out a form that states how many AP/IB/Honors courses your school offers plus the average SAT/ACT scores. They should not penalize you if your school doesn’t offer many AP classes. But if they do offer a lot and you choose not to take them, then that’s a completely different scenario.</p>