<p>I want to know this because I plan on taking 4 AP's senior year (stats, biology, calc AB, calc BC) and I wanted to find out if they consider this in admission.</p>
<p>Also, for UC's, do they look at all the classes you are taking senior year or only the first semesters?</p>
<p>From what I heard, they look at senior rigor in terms of classes A LOT. Good thing you are taking 4 ap’s, they like seeing seniors who dont just slack off. Also, senior year is the year before college, they want you well prepared. You can take CALC AB and CALC BC the same year??? wow my school sucks lol.</p>
<p>If you apply for early decision or early action, you’ll have to submit your senior-year class schedule, but the college will have made its decision (admit/deny/defer) before they see your first-semester grades.</p>
<p>If you apply regular decision, or you apply early but are deferred to the regular decision round, then the college will consider your first semester grades as part of your academic profile.</p>
<p>In either event, they’ll know whether your senior schedule is demanding, and whether it’s comparable to your schedule from junior year. And unless you’re admitted or denied early, they’ll also know how well you did with that schedule in the fall.</p>
<p>Do you know if the early action/decision schools and the regular admission schools only look at the first semester classes that I’d be taking, or all of them?</p>
<p>They’ll look at whatever information they’re given.</p>
<p>If I recall correctly, you’ll tell them your planned course schedule for the whole of senior year on the Common App. You should ask your guidance counselor what the school will report on the transcript that gets sent with your Mid-Year Report.</p>
<p>The UCs definitely consider senior course rigor as one admissions factor.</p>
<p>Yes, rigor of courses matters at UC, even though grades won’t be considered in admission decisions because they won’t be visible to them. However, you do have to do reasonably well – UC admission offers come with conditions that you meet a minimum senior year GPA and no D or F grades.</p>
<p>The Tufts admissions folks live-blogged their ED committee meetings for a couple of years. It was edifying and terrifying reading. :eek: One thing that kept happening was that a student would be up for discussion, everyone would be really enthused…and then someone would notice his (usually his) preliminary fall grades. Senior slump hit early. Those students were rejected or deferred. </p>
<p>Moral of the story: don’t slack.</p>