From what the people around me had said, everyone should take their AP classes during junior year because it looks better for college… Since when a student sends their apps, it will not include the entire senior year… So should I just take all the AP classes during my junior year? or shud I just take them during senior year… But many people are telling me that senior year doesn’t really mean much…
<p>If there is a full range available, you should take them as early as possible and throughout your high school career. If your school has just a few and you're aiming for top colleges, take the APs as soon as you can and move on to classes at a community college or local university.</p>
<p>Senior year DOES matter in terms of "strength of schedule". The colleges will see what courses you are taking senior year. If you took 4 or 5 APs junior year and then PE and Art senior year, it would look terrible. You want a balanced schedule which shows you take advantage of challenging courses offered. Schools are different- at many private schools only a few APs are offered to juniors. Most APs are for seniors. At S's school very few seniors take a full load of APs. Someone strong in the humanities might take AP Lit and Gov/History but maybe not AP Calc.</p>
<p>So up to what marking period of senior year is actually included in the transcript that the school sends?</p>
<p>and does anyone know if "Rutgers School of Pharmacy" in NJ is any good?</p>
<p>So, Mom, you're saying that if the following is my courseload, it would be frowned upon.</p>
<p>AP Calc
AP Chem
AP Physics
AP English Language
Band
Participation in Government / Economics (Required)</p>
<p>That's not a fair assumption, because people take a class that they really really like for themselves, as opposed to a class they are required to take.</p>
<p>see, if it looks bad that as a junior i take 5 APs, and only 4 my senior year, it would be unfair because i have classes, like practical arts, PE and health that are required to graduate. shouldn't colleges take that into consideration? i would much rather take more APs, but another limiting factor is that i will have taken every AP my school can offer, and we are not allowed self study.</p>
<p>That schedule is fine. There are many kids admitted to top schools who take only a couple of APs TOTAL. Some private schools aren't even offering AP courses anymore. Just take a rigorous courseload for your school.</p>