<p>So the situation is I am currently taking honors chemistry, apush and ap lang and comp. I am really not enjoying all the ap work I need to do, and I am wondering if I would be able to get accepted to UC santa cruz without taking aps. My gpa is quite good and i have some not major extracurriculars. </p>
<p>Are your fellow HS students taking many AP’s?? This will make the difference. If the majority of students in your high school are taking AP classes then you will be at a disadvantage. UC’s highly consider course rigor in their admissions. I understand you want to maintain your GPA but will not be as competitive if you do not take as rigorous of a course load than your fellow HS students.</p>
<p>No, not really. I attend a school where only a few students take ap or honors classes. Many kids at my school are slackers/ unmotivated students. Whenever I get into a honor or ap class, its always the same people I see from the year ago. Always the same people in each of my ap classes. I’d say 10-15% of students in my grade take it. I don’t know about the rest if the grades though.</p>
<p>YA U CAN BUDDY</p>