<p>I don't happen to go to a school that has an abundance of AP classes. I'm a sophomore, and AP classes aren't available to me as of yet. I have the most rigorous schedule available to sophomores excluding math and science. The only AP class that will be available to me next year is AP U.S. History, which I will be automatically enrolled in. AP Biology and AP English are available to me as of senior year. I can't take AP Calc because I'm currently taking Geometry Honors and I'll be enrolled in Pre-Calc Honors in senior year. My school doesn't offer any AP language classes other than Spanish, which I don't take.</p>
<p>Do AP classes really make a difference? Will colleges take note if you don't have that many AP classes available to you?</p>
<p>Yes, colleges do take note. Just get good grades.</p>
<p>My friend went to a school that offered no APs. He got straight As and got accepted to both UCLA and Berkeley.</p>
<p>@Blackroses216</p>
<p>that makes me wish my school offered no aps, so i would have an excuse to take none… :(</p>
<p>yeah. thats exactly what i told my friend. I was super jealous haha.</p>
<p>Usually it’s based on numbers for big public schools like that, but the fact that he wrote his paper about his parents being deaf and took a few summer classes at Yale might have helped a little. He’s Indian and he is not a athletic recruit. I was still jealous about the whole AP thing haha.</p>
<p>Challenge into them. By law, schools cannot bar any student from taking any class. The catch is, you have to sign a waiver saying that you cannot drop the class even if you have an F, etc. At least that’s how it works in California. I’m not sure about other states, though. </p>
<p>Last year (soph) only World was offered to sophomores. I took World; I also challenged into Calc BC and Bio. Luckily, I had 5’s and A’s (both semesters) in all three.</p>