<p>What are your opinions about them?
How important do you think they are in a college app?
Which ones are you taking and/or preparing to take?
How many of them does your school offer?</p>
<p>AP classes are not fun.
They are very important.
I will take 10/11 by the time I graduate.
My school has 25.</p>
<p>AP classes prove that you “challenge” yourself.
They are pretty important, if your school doesn’t have them, it’s not your fault.
I’m going to take all English AP’s, math, us history + world history, and self study spanish, japanese, and maybe korean.
My school offers 13-ish. not that many :/</p>
<p>AP exams are extremely important–not just to look impressive on an application, but more importantly, to prepare you for college. It’s been statistically shown that those who take AP classes maintain higher GPAs and are less likely to drop out than their peers in college.</p>
<p>I’ll take 13-15 by the time I graduate (including two self-studied ones, i.e. assuming I am accepted to my dream college, where I’ll be able to place out of some introductory courses with 5’s on Micro/Macroeconomics, which aren’t classes at my school). While my school offers roughly 23, due to graduation requirements and course pre-reqs, it’s impossible to take more than about 15 in practice.</p>
<p>A.P classes allow you, first and foremost, to let you have a taste of what a demanding class would be like. ( unless of course you have some like APES vs Chem or Calc) Time management, learning, and hard work are the key in succeeding in these classes. Much like the same formula in colleges. Taking them is much more rewarding in the end.</p>
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<li>They are great, and mine are not challenging.</li>
<li>Very important. Regular HS Courses don’t prepare you for anything.</li>
<li>AP Calc AB and BC, COmp gov’t, Chem, Bio, Physics B, Physics C E&M, C mechanics, Comp Sci A, APUSH, AP euro, AP macro, ap micro, and AP stat.</li>
<li>We offer ap stat, apush, and ap comp gov’t</li>
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<p>By the time I graduate, I will only have about 7-8 AP classes, is that a little low? I’m not trying to get into an IVY League, just a state college, like the WSU.</p>
<p>The thing to remember is that most of the CC members here are within the top percentage of their schools. My school belongs to one of the brightest districts in Michigan, and yet the average student takes 2-3 AP classes. You should have no trouble getting into any state colleges (what WSU are you talking about) with such a course load as long as your GPA and ACT is average. Ivy League colleges on the other hand, are very strange, you can be the best in everything and still get rejected.</p>
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yeah, cause if you’re talking about Washington State University… you don’t need any. i mean, it’s just super easy to get in. i think it says on the website that if you have a 3.5+ GPA you’re automatically in</p>
<p>^Yeah, I was talking about Washington State University. I want to go because of their journalism programs, but I’m still searching for other colleges that would offer similar programs.</p>
<p>Well, I like them. Generally because there are only 15 students at my school that take them, so I have the same AP classes (well AP class, since I only have one, but next year me and my friends will mostly be in the same classes) with all my friends. Incidentally these are all people I’ve known since 5th grade and we’re all part of the advanced education program. >__>
They’re pretty important. I like the challenge.
I’m currently taking AP Euro (I’m a sophomore, this is the only AP class offered to us). Next year I have AP Calc AB+BC, AP USH and Gov, AP Lang, and AP Chemistry. Block schedule so we have four periods that are all year long. It sucks because I see all these people here that get to take 8 or so classes, and also a wider variety of APs. My school offers ten AP classes, total; two or three of which have NOT had a class in the past few years due to lack of interest, such as AP Biology and AP Physics C. I plan on self studying quite a few and hopefully by the end of my senior year I will have taken 14-15 AP exams.</p>
<p>AP classes let me explore other subjects in depth.
They’re important on your application.
Next year, I’m going to take AP Japanese, AP Biology, AP Microeconomics, AP Psychology, AP English Literature, and AP Calculus AB (not going to take the exam for this one since I have already passed it with a 5). I planning to self-study AP Macroeconomics, AP Physics C: Mechanics, AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism, and AP Human Geography.
My school offers like 15, i think.</p>
<p>What are your opinions about them?
Err, I think they are great, at least the teachers dont teat me like little kids.
How important do you think they are in a college app?
They better be lol, my uw GPA is getting screwed over because of my course load.
Which ones are you taking and/or preparing to take?
Taking ush, bio, japanese, bc. will take who knows how many more next year
How many of them does your school offer?
Around 15-ish I believe</p>
<p>What are your opinions about them?
Great, help me learn more about subjects. They separate the good students from the bad students.
How important do you think they are in a college app?
They are very important in terms of grades. They have saved lots of people in the long haul, and others, not so much.
Which ones are you taking and/or preparing to take?
AP World right now. Next 2 Years: AP US History, AP Comparative Government, AP Biology, AP Environmental Science, AP Lit, AP Statistics, AP Calc AB (Maybe, not too good at math), AP Art History, AP Government, AP Microeconomics (if offered), Probably only take 7 of the 10…whichever I’m most interested in.
How many of them does your school offer? 15-20.</p>
<p>AP classes are bittersweet. On one hand, they’re obviously harder than regular classes, so that sucks. But on the other hand, you learn more, the teacher generally cares about the subject, the students in the class are usually motivated which in turn helps to motivate you as well, and you really get to immerse yourself in the material if you’re one of those people who likes to learn for the sake of learning.</p>
<p>They’re obviously important nowadays when applying to college, especially if you want other options besides a satellite branch of your state university. There’s really no way you can get into a top-20 school without at least some AP classes.</p>
<p>I’ve taken about 7-8 throughout high school.</p>
<p>School offers good amount… yeah, somewhere around the 15-20 mark. Not completely sure though.</p>
<p>Opinion: important, but a pain</p>
<p>Which ones: soph.-AP World (so slackerish), junior- Apush, ap Lang, calc ab, and chem ap (death), senior-ap gov.,ap econ (forgot which one, but the one that my shool
offers), ap lit., ap bio, calc bc, Latin ap (maybe)…senior year is going to suck :(</p>
<p>how many APs at school: 15-17ish</p>
<p>What if you are interested in Ivy League universities and other rigorous schools, but you only take about 6~8 AP classes? Does that effect your chances? What if they offer about 10 but you don’t want to take AP Studio Art because art isn’t your thing, do colleges prefer you take as much AP classes as available or just in the areas of your interest?
And do the ones you are taking senior year count as well, even if you haven’t completed the class?</p>
<p>For me, I love them. I am the gifted student who has gone through my entire school career unchallenged and bored. I’m motivated to work hard and eager to learn, but all through school, I have hardly been challenged.</p>
<p>Upon taking my first AP class, I found myself spending more than 30 minutes on homework, I’ve had to study for the first time in my life, and I feel challenged. Not challenged to the point where I feel I can’t do it, but challenged just enough so that I know I can do it, but I have to put forth a bit of effort to do so.</p>
<p>In addition to satisfying my desire to be challenged, I find AP classes much more interesting. They are very in-depth, and you actually learn interesting and perhaps useful stuff. Most of high school is about learning how to learn - not learning information. But AP classes are different; like college, they are intended to actually teach you information and knowledge. </p>
<p>Lastly, as others have mentioned, the teachers are actually genuinely interested in the subject they are teaching. Other teachers often seem miserable and like they hate their jobs, but AP teachers are more enthusiastic and are some of the best teachers in high school.</p>
<p>AP classes are ‘right’ for some students, but for those who aren’t interested in working hard or don’t know what they want in their futures, they may not be the right path.</p>
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I’d say they aren’t vital. Not every student who is accepted into college has taken an AP class. Therefore, they are not required to get into college. However, when you do take them, you show the colleges what type of student you are. Don’t take 20 of them just so you can say you took 20 AP classes. Do what you can handle and still make decent grades in. IMO, taking 6 AP classes and getting 4’s and 5’s on all of the exams is better than taking 10 AP classes and getting 2’s, 3’s, and 4’s.</p>