<p>My school offers credit/advanced option classes through Syracuse University. I have elected not to take AP Language because I think the teacher is good (I can judge this aptly because she is my current English teacher), and because it's her first year teaching the course. I already have a strong base of knowledge of the AP Lang curriculum due to an expository writing I take as an extracurricular... so is it a bad move for me to take Syracuse University Writing rather than AP? </p>
<p>I should add that the schools I'm looking to apply to are a lot more selective than SU and would most certainly not accept SU credit (but the credit issue doesn't matter to me).</p>
<p>I'm confused by your post. Are you saying that your English teacher is good or isn't good? Are you planning to take the AP test? Is this for your junior year? What are you planning to take senior year?</p>
<p>Well the intention is to get the perspectives of people who might know more about the college admissions process than I do, given that, you know, I've never experienced it. I thought that was the point of this whole "college admissions discussion" thing.</p>
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<p>I'm just curious as to whether or not a school will judge harshly that I didn't take AP at every available opportunity.</p>
<p>My D's school offers classes through a nearby university. The university had a meeting not long ago to tell the prospective high school participants about the program. According to the university one of the good points about it is getting used to the way college classes operate and in general getting more comfortable with being in a college class. They said the credit could transfer to another university but we're not counting on that. The college also emphasized that the high school students would be able to use the college facilities including the fitness center, cafeterias, library, etc. Of course the advantage to the university is more students and more money since we have to pay extra for the classes. Someone did ask at the meeting how the college classes compared to AP and the university person said they were better. But he was trying to sell the program so I was a little skeptical of his answers. My D's friends who have participated as well as her GC said that the college classes were easier than the high school classes. But what I gathered from the students was that since colleges don't generally enforce doing homework or take grades from it they felt like they had less work to worry about. Unfortunately I don't know what the answer is to your question of how colleges will look at your English class. When my D and I toured some colleges recently there were quite a few questions from prospective students about how the colleges treated credit from other colleges. So I got the impression that a lot of high school students were taking college classes. It seems like the most difficult part is fitting the college class into your schedule considering you will need to drive or commute to the college. Your situation seems different only because you are replacing a class from your high school with one from a college. Most students take college classes not offered at their high school such as math, philosophy, or languages. I would just make sure your GC will approve the course selection and go ahead with your plan.</p>