<p>For example, do colleges care if you focus more on humanitarian subjects (ie AP Human Geo, APUSH, AP Eng) and have no APs in any math or science classes?
Do colleges even care what subjects you take your APs in? Or do they only care about the number you take? Do they value double period and APs (ie AP Bio, AP Chem, AP Physics) more than single period APs (ie AP Gov, AP Psych)?</p>
<p>Yes. Colleges weight different ap courses differently. The most rigorous considered are ap calc bc, ap physics b, c, ap bio, ap us history, ap Chem, ap English lit. Basically the core classes. Colleges aren’t oblivious to the easy curriculum of courses like macro/macro, psychology, and apes.</p>
<p>virtuoso1, do you work in college admissions to make such statement or is that based on your opinion?</p>
<p>OP, I’d say take as many APs as you think you can handle. As long as you’re challenging yourself and doing your best, I guess you’ll be fine.</p>
<p>Well obviously if you’re majoring into something math/science then calculus/chemistry/physics will be more important than the others, but otherwise, it depends on classes offered. If your school theoretically offers all AP’s but you opt out for just environmental science and human geography, then it will be looked down upon.</p>
<p>@Virtuoso: who are you to say that APES and Psych are easy? I spent 6-8 hours a night on APES. The test were all AP questions, and getting a 75-85 was rare and the highest grade in the class. I struggled all year to keep a B. My psych homework used to take me 3-4 hours. You don’t know how other schools are. </p>
<p>OP: Just take AP classes where available. You don’t need to take AP Calc, just don’t slip to regular math. When I talked to a Duke admissions officer, he said that they want you to take the most difficult classes available without killing yourself. They don’t want you to be just academics either. They want to see a well-rounded student.</p>
<p>^ Environmental Science isn’t “hard” to grasp or pass the exam. but YOUR class was hard, because APs everywhere are taught differently.</p>
<p>Yes. For example, if you are applying for engineering, colleges will want to see that you took AP Physics and AP chemistry.</p>
<p>My councilors have always told me to take the AP classes you need. For example, if you would like to be a history major, why would you want to take an AP science class? My brother just got accepted into Hood College, and its admissions office told him that colleges look interest and dedication. Meaning, they want to see students excel at what they love. Sure you can take whatever AP classes you want to surprise the College or University, but just make sure if it’s for the right reason.</p>
<p>@FantasyVesperia: im not sure what i want to major in yet though. maybe business, but still undecided.
@crfcaio: thanks. im taking 2 APs and getting 90s. they’re both single period and some other people in my school are taking 3 APs, 1 of which is double period.
@1Rachel94:thanks, thats what i hear all the time! its so ambiguous though. i see that a lot of people on CC that got in took a lot of APs, probably 6 or 7.
@Weeknd: i guess everyone has different skills and are good at different subjects, so it’s hard to label classes like AP environmental as “easy” or “hard”.</p>