<p>What is the average number of AP and Honors Courses that a Hopkins's student completed during their Sophomore and Junior years of high school. </p>
<p>I know that every application is individually looked at, but there must be some kind of an approximation.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>I didn't take any my sophomore year (only really smart math/spanish kids seemed to do this), and Junior year I only took AP US History, AP Chemistry, and AP Physics (our school has a special program for the latter two). </p>
<p>I really don't know if anyone knows that answer because some schools don't offer them to all students/all grades/at all...</p>
<p>Honors courses should probably always be taken if given the chance. I haven't taken a regular besides P.E, and Theater I my freshman year.</p>
<p>I doubt you'll be able to find the average number of APs taken because it is all relative. Hopkins (like most schools) evaluates applicants in the context of their high school. therefore students in schools with lots of APs available should take as many as possible, and students in schools with few or no APs available should not worry about it. bottom line- take the most challenging courseload possible within your school</p>
<p>Ok, thanks for the advice</p>
<p>Probaby above avg. I would say since JHU is very competitive, it's definitely above 1 for soph and jun years. But college admissions isn't like that where it's all about meeting certain levels such as a definite GPA or #AP courses.</p>
<p>Is five AP two honors above average? Or does really only depend on the school? </p>
<p>What about online AP's or Honors, do those count as well???</p>
<p>We do not provide such statistics / information because there is no set standard an applicant has to meet in terms of curriculum rigor, and because there is no consistency between high schools throughout the U.S. and internationally.</p>
<p>What about online AP's or Honors, do those count as well???</p>
<p>To AdmissionsDaniel: How do you account for the incredible differences in grading between high schools? There are several factors that seem to vary so much by HS that I would think it impossible for an admission committee to adjust for said factors within the amount of time allotted to each application. The factors I'm describing include:</p>
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<li>GPA Scale: E.g. A- or no? What's an A (90% and above, 93% and above, 95% percent and above)? Is there an A+ available? </li>
<li>Individual rigor of classes: E.g. whereas AP Eng and AP Sciences are considered extremely difficult in my school, they can be easier in others. </li>
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<p>How do admissions committees account for these factors and can there be any "fairness" in such instances?</p>
<p>If you take an AP exam and your score matches the score needed for credit, then you will get credit. This holds true whether you took an AP class in school, took an online AP course, or self-taught yourself the AP curriculum. Credit is determined by the AP exam score.
(Hopkins</a> Undergraduate Admissions :: Apply :: AP/IB Information)</p>
<p>azn&proud:</p>
<p>I do not have time to go into a huge answer to your questions, but let me just state these simple facts:</p>
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<li><p>Every high school transcript is sent with a high school profile that provides the Admissions counselor with ample information about the school's grading system, the school's curriculum offerings, and the performance of the school's students in the past and present. There is a ton of information supplied in there profiles, and that is why they needed to be sent along with each transcript. </p></li>
<li><p>Admissions counselors become quite familiar with these high school profiles. I have been in Admissions for 10 years, and have been reading files from schools in New England for the last 8 years. I know the difference of all the schools in my region, as do my colleagues for their regions. And when we don't know about a school we do our research.</p></li>
<li><p>We are professionals, and we know what we are doing. We do not read applications in a vacuum of information, and neither do we review applications on one overall general scale. Every applicant, every school, every region is different and therefore needs to be reviewed differently. </p></li>
<li><p>There is fairness in our practices despite what the media might say, despite what disgruntled past applicants might say, despite what people who have no idea how the process works might say.</p></li>
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