<p>Is is better to take multiple AP classes and get B's in them or take Honors classes and get A's in them?</p>
<p>Take AP classes in areas of strength. If you’re trying to get into a highly selective college you probably shouldn’t get a B in every AP class you take, unless your school is unusually challenging. If you were somehow guaranteed to get Bs in AP classes and As in honors classes, it would probably be best to take mostly honors classes and two or three AP classes. You should try to keep your unweighted GPA high for admission to selective schools and scholarships from less selective ones. College Common Data Sets will also tell you whether a given school values GPA above course rigor or vice versa. </p>
<p>I heard that the more AP classes your school offers, the higher chance that you will get accepted to prestigious schools…?</p>
<p>Correlation, not causation. Better high schools tend to offer more AP classes. People who go to better high schools are more likely to apply to prestigious colleges. A lot of times they have better guidance counselors and extracurricular opportunities and families who value education.
But colleges know that most people don’t choose where they go to school, so they don’t penalize people for going to high schools that don’t offer a lot of challenging courses. You’re just supposed to take the most challenging classes that your school offers. </p>
<p>Yes I agree… My school offers at least 27 AP classes and I think I’m only able to do 9-10 AP in my high school career… Is this a fair amount?</p>
<p>Nine or ten is fine. If your school offers a lot of AP classes you’re not expected to take them all by any means, but take as many as you can reasonably fit in your schedule and do well in. </p>
<p>If you were a college admissioner, would you like to see someone who takes a lot of AP that don’t really fit into their majors or someone who takes AP classes that relate to their major?</p>
<p>Preferably some of both.
Most people in high school don’t really know what they want to major in anyway (most college students change their majors), and a well-rounded high school education is a good thing regardless of what you think you want to major in. At the same time, if you’re applying to an engineering school (for example) it’s a good idea to have taken AP math and science classes.</p>