<p>Is there any point taking them next year? I'm a homeschooled student, haven't taken any Biology/Chemistry/World History exams to date, but am planning to do the SAT Subject Tests in them this autumn. At the moment, I'm going through some GCSE and A-level books in the first two, and I'll have studied all three subjects for a year each when I finish.</p>
<p>Do "usual" - traditionally schooled - students ever take APs in senior year?</p>
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<p>Absolutely.</p>
<p>Yes they do. My dd is signed up for 3 APs (Statistics, Chemistry & English Literature) and 1 IB (History of the Americas).</p>
<p>Yeah, I only took one junior year, but took 5 this past senior year</p>
<p>I’m a distance learning (we’re like homeschool 2.0) student and I’m taking four APs next year. Colleges care about that stuff. Besides, I’d be bored out of my mind in regular or honors classes. That, and I’ve run out of courses to take. I have like 43 credits or something ridiculous like that.</p>
<p>Yes, colleges do look at your senior year schedule and do consider the level of difficulty.</p>
<p>Yeah the do count! I personally did 1 junior year, and 2 senior year but my school offers very few AP classes</p>
<p>Cool! -looks ahead to “senior” year- Thanks for the advice, everyone ^^</p>
<p>Yep, the most competitive students do. It counts towards the rigor factor on your transcript. Even if you’re applying EA/ED such that the colleges won’t have your first semester grades in hand at decision time, they will still want to see you aren’t slacking off. So if you’ve been taking APs/IBs etc. all along, they will expect to see that senior year as well.</p>