<p>What looks better on a college application? Next year, I can pick a college level course or the AP course of it.</p>
<p>Do you mean a college course or a college-level course?</p>
<p>It has been my long held belief that AP courses should be selected over college courses, when these APs are offered at your school, when they are equivalent. This seems to be how most colleges feel too.</p>
<p>Post-AP college courses are typically better than another random AP though.</p>
<p>Not sure the difference between the two. Let’s see how I can describe them, uh…they are supposely college equivalent and give credit if you pass the class.</p>
<p>Collegenow if your in NY. Not sure how to accurately describe it.</p>
<p>I just looked up Collegenow and searched for computer/engineering, math, science, and social science courses (And looked through all 18 pages). IMO It looks like you would be much better off in AP courses.</p>
<p>I’d say AP’s would be more widely known/ probably be considered a higher level. Usually AP/IB are given preference over college courses I beleive.</p>
<p>Our HS also gives college credit through CollegeNow (we’re not in NY), but many of the classes they give credit for are much lower level than AP courses. For instance, you can get college credit for Advanced Algebra. I’d also advise you go with the AP course.</p>
<p>I’d say go with the AP course. Students around here take a lot of classes at the community college, but AP courses are much, much more challenging and it is much easier to get credit for them from a four year university.</p>
<p>Ah, alright, thanks guys.
While we’re here, also, Do you guys think top colleges will frown upon a student that hasn’t taken a 4th year of foreign language?
They don’t offer AP Spanish in my school and I’m thinking about switching the honors Spanish to AP Psychology instead. It has no part in my field of study but I feel it would be an interesting class.</p>
<p>I only took 2 years of FL but was accepted to 3/4 ivies applied to (WL at the other). So I’d say it doesn’t kill you not to have a 4th, lol.</p>
<p>I’ll have four levels of Spanish but only three years in high school (started in eighth grade). I was thinking of taking New Language I next year, but it would be more enjoyable/more challenging for me to take another AP course instead. I’m seriously considering it. I mean, what good does New Language I do if I’m not going to continue it in college and it’s only level I? I think at that point it’s alright. Plus, if language isn’t your forte and you can substitute a level four language with another rigorous class, colleges won’t mind. I’d definitely not recommend fewer than three levels of a language, though.</p>