<p>Hi, my daughter is very interested in Stonehill, went to visit and fell in love with it. It is definitely in her top 3 choices if not the top. I am a little worried though because she has not taken any AP classes at all, but she has taken mostly honors. Her high school is extremely competitive, ranked third in our state. She has a 3.7 weighted GPA, 1820 SAT,
has played violin in the orchestra for several years, is a competitive dancer, volunteers as a student dance instructor, NHS member, other various volunteering and a couple of clubs at school. I feel like some of the schools that she is applying to will hold this against her even though she has many other things going for her. We as a family along with her GC thought it was best for her to stick with the honors as opposed to taking 1 or 2 APs for a few different reasons, one being that her dancing takes up many hours a week of her time.</p>
<p>What do you think her chances would be on getting in to Stonehill with no APs? Does anyone know of anyone who was admitted with no APs? Other schools she is applying to are Providence, Northeastern, BU, Marist plus one or two safety schools. Should she be applying to more less competitive schools based on this information</p>
<p>If a kid had an “A” average, but took no APs, and had bad SATs, then I think the “A” average would be a bit suspect.</p>
<p>But as long as her SATs scores are in line with a particular school’s requirements, I don’t think the absence of AP courses would do her much harm. Plus, her violin is impressive.</p>
<p>However, that being said, BU is pretty tough to get into nowadays. Because everyone wants to go there, I guess.</p>
<p>What is her SAT breakdown? Stonehill’s average is about a 1270 CR/Math, which would put her below average unless her writing was what brought her SAT down. Why didn’t she take any APs? If the school doesn’t offer any than that’s fine. However, colleges like to see kids challenge themselves and for most kids with a GPA like 3.7 that means taking AP classes. Additionally, how is the school considered competitive if her GPA is so much comparatively higher than her SAT (unless 3.7 is her weighted GPA, in which case that makes more sense.) I don’t like her chances for BU but I think everywhere else she has a good chance of getting in mostly on the strength of her EC’s. I advise taking the ACT/retaking the SAT to dramatically improve her chances at all of those.</p>
<p>The SAT breakdown is 620R 610M 590W, not the greatest but the highest of the 3 times she took it. She did take the ACT last spring but only got a 24, pretty equivalent to what she got on the SATs. She is taking them again in Oct. The problem is, she is not a great test taker, which is one of the many reasons she is not taking AP’s also. We (her parents) and she feel that she would struggle too much with the APs and only get B’s or C’s then not even pass the exam. She struggles somewhat with the honors classes she has now. Plus as stated in the original post she dances 10-20 hrs a week which she is passionate about. She did try to take 1 or 2 AP’s this year as a senior but they would not fit into her schedule, 1 was already full and the other interferred with her physics class. 3.7 is the weighted GPA. Would taking one or 2 Ap’s really make that much of a difference anyway? Not to mention I personally have a problem with the pressure on kids today taking so many AP’s. I cannot for the life of me understand why 16/17 year old kids are pressured into taking college level courses while they are still in high school, that is what college is for!</p>
<p>Anyone know of anyone that got into some fairly competitive colleges with no AP classes?</p>