<p>How important are AP classes in the grand scheme of the application? I will only have one by the end of my eleventh grade year. I will take three in twelfth grade, but I am worried it won't be enough.</p>
<p>It depends on how many AP classes were offered by your school. Did you have a lot more options, or do these classes constitute a majority of your school’s AP curriculum? I guess it would also depend on how many you were allowed to take each year (some schools limit you).</p>
<p>Well I only had 3 taken total by the end of 11th and am taking 2 now. Self studying another 2 this year. My school offers every single AP subject.</p>
<p>I had taken none by the end of junior year, though I took 4 senior year, and I got in. Depends how many your school offered.</p>
<p>My D’s school offered 17 AP classes and numerous honor classes in many subjects. She took zero AP classes, until senior year and then she took 5 AP’s senior year. She did, however,have 11 honors classes from freshman thru junior year. She was accepted ED into A&S. I do not think it is necessary to take every AP offered in HS, just challenge yourself and get the best grades possible by taking a schedule you can handle and perform well at.</p>
<p>I am a freshman engineering student. Took 9 AP classes in high school with 8 5’s and one 4. I am inclined to think that it probably made some difference to my application as I was selected for the Presidential Research scholar program (45 picked from the whole freshman class this year). It also made a difference to my expenses as I got 33 Cornell credits because of APs. At about 15-16 credits a semester (typical load) that is over a year worth of credits. Different colleges at Cornell have different transfer policies though and the AP charts are on their websites. Hope this helps.</p>
<p>My school offers about 10, I will have 4. Although the thing is, many teachers are inexperienced. Only 5 or 6 of the AP classes produce even close to a five.</p>