<p>I've never gotten a straight answer on this question: would the college rather see me challenge myself with accelerated/honors and AP courses, or not have such challenging courses but have a high gpa? Everytime I ask the college counselors or admission reps. from colleges I get this answer: "we want to see you challenge yourself. And we want you to see you do well in those courses." Well of course they want both, but which one is more important? Would a top 10 school rather see a 95 regular latin III or an 85 in accelerated latin III?</p>
<p>Look at how your school weighs the classes. Often an AP class will be weighed so that a B in that class is comparable to an A in an honors or academic course.</p>
<p>B in AP is slightly better than A in non-AP, in top schools, but not in others. A in AP is what the majority of applicants have anyway, so I'd go for that. You can't get an A in AP if you don't take AP.</p>
<p>my school doesn't weight AP</p>
<p>they would of course, like you said, like to see you doing well in accelerated courses. BUT they would much rather see you challenge yourself and do not as well than to do really well in easier classes.</p>
<p>For a top 10 college, simply, you need both.</p>
<p>I agree with Suze. Although, i'm sure that the majority of schools would want one to take the hardest courses possible.</p>
<p>You need to have both for Top 10 schools</p>
<p>oki see 0000</p>