<p>Hi, I go to school in Ontario, Canada and AP courses at my school aren't really made available mostly until grade 12. Im going into grade 11 and most of the classes I am taking are courses to prepare me for: AP statistics, AP Economics, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, and AP English. The only AP course on my calendar for this upcoming school year will be AP American History. </p>
<p>So here's my question: when I send my application to Harvard at the beginning of grade 12, all I will have to show in actual AP Exam scores will be my American History score and maybe a self-studied AP Human Geography exam score. Will this be a problem? I will take the majority of my AP exams in the summer of 2010-2011, but will this be too late for Harvard to consider when looking at my application?</p>
<p>Im concerned if I might be not meeting the "AP" threshold that so many other people on here seem to really take to a whole new level. What should I be doing now if I want some additional AP experience?</p>
<p>Self-study for the exams you believe you can do well on and make sure that Harvard understands that the school curriculum does not allow for early AP courses to be taken.</p>
<p>No, not at all. I had a similar worry, myself, because I hadn’t taken any APs. First, the number of APs you take will certainly not make or break your application: All that’s asked of you is that you take the most rigorous course load available to you, your school’s regulations permitting. </p>
<p>Moreover, the admissions office understands that a different academic culture exists in Canada and that the majority of students in this country don’t even have the opportunity to take AP courses (if you’re uneasy with that assumption, you could always request that your counsellor mention something in his LoR). </p>
<p>From what I hear, the admissions office looks more favourably upon a student who has followed the standard Ontario curriculum than a student who has followed the standard curriculum of your average state (if such state-wide curricula exists). So I wouldn’t worry; just take the most demanding (and interesting) courses you can.</p>