<p>I'm taking at least three APs, three college courses, and two advanced/extracurricular regular courses senior year. Also, I am self studying two or three other APs, and direct studying one more AP class. Do colleges (top colleges) even care how jam-packed my senior year schedule is? Do they find out or do I have to tell them?</p>
<p>Btw, I'm not taking so many classes to make myself more "pleasing" to the adcoms, I just want to.</p>
<p>The colleges will know what your school report tells them.
If you self-study something (and it is not an official independent study course at your school) you will have to tell the colleges so that they know.</p>