AP classes?

Applying to College
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<p>When top Ivy League colleges say "It's about what AP courses you took advantage of in high school", do they look only up to your junior year or senior year? For example, my school offers 15 AP courses. By the end of my junior year, I will have completed 5 (6, if you count Micro and Macro Econ separate). By the end of my senior year, I will have completed 9 or 10. When colleges look at this, do they see only up to my junior year and that I haven't taken advantage of my school's offered courses (I would have only completed 5/15 APs), or do they see up to my senior year and that I have taken advantage of my school's offered courses (I would have completed 10/15 APs)? </p>

<p>I just don't know what those colleges mean when they say "take advantage of the courses". Do they mean by the end of my junior year or senior year?</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>They’ll look at everything. It would raise red flags if you take 5 APs as a junior and then zero as a Senior. If applying RD, your first semester grades get submitted. If applying earlier, they want to know what comprises your senior schedule.</p>

<p>It’s likely impossible for anyone at your school to take 15/15 – so don’t worry about that. Your GC will be asked how rigorous a schedule you took in comparison to others in your high school.</p>

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<p>They would also look at your school profile which indicates the % of student take AP and the average number of AP they take so that they know how are you compared with other students at the same school.</p>