<p>If colleges judge based on your courseload compared to the schools offered classes, am i screwed for not taking the full load of AP courses (which would probably kill me)? My school offers 20+ AP courses, but I've only got 4 on my belt so far, and senior year I'm only taking one (a joke class AP pysch), while still taking some arguably more challenging classes than APs, (MvC, honors nanotech, honors biotech etc. adv topics in network progamming), I'm technically not using my schools full potential, heck I'm probably not even close, but the full potential probably would overwhelm me.</p>
<p>If those hard courses are courses more advanced than AP courses (e.g. if MvC is multivariable calculus), then they should be fine. But if they are not, then it is certainly possible that college may see them as being less difficult than they actually are. Also, schools which want counselor recommendations typically ask if the student chose the most rigorous course selection – you may want to find out what your counselor thinks of your course selection.</p>
<p>It is good that you are taking the courses of your interests. The colleges want to see you have passion in some areas.</p>
<p>So its fine if the AP courses that I’m not taking have nothing to do with my interests? Say like AP lit or AP history classes.</p>
<p>My counselor says my course selection is fine, the counselor emphasizes to show an upwarding trend on classes, but to also take a free period or two to make time for college apps. The most rigorous course selection would probably kill someone under stress; I don’t think thats a viable option.</p>