<p>I've always wondered about this. Do adcoms or whatever mostly take into account the simple total # of APs taken as opposed to evaluating the type of AP? i.e., let's say Student A and Student B are both taking 3 AP courses. </p>
<p>Student A's APs:
Comp Sci
Stats
Psychology</p>
<p>Student B's APs:
Biology
US history
English</p>
<p>Obviously, biology and USH entail a whole lot of work. I'd think moreso than Comp Sci, psychology, stats, etc. Do colleges consider this? Do they simply care that an AP class is labeled as 'AP' or do they actually consider the workload of the APs you choose?</p>
<p>Colleges most definately take this into account. Just think about the AP science curriculum, for instance: Is there anyone who is honestly going to argue that Envi Sci entails more work and challenge that Bio, Chem, or Physics?</p>
<p>right. so when they look at GPA or something, they care about the TYPE of AP and not just the number of APs taken to add up to your GPA, I presume?</p>
<p>I ask this because I'm taking the harder APs (USH, bio, physics, etc) and I feel disconcerted when I see others who take the lesser APs (comp sci, stats, etc) that are easy A's to boost GPA.</p>
<p>Yeah, don't worry about that too much. Admissions officers ARE functioning human beings, contrary to common belief, so they do know the varied difficulty of APs. I still can't understand why so many people write off comp sci on this forum, though, as it is considered one of the more difficult math/science APs at my school.</p>