<p>Hi. I am a senior and I recently received my schedule for my senior year. Well, the thing is.. I am not taking many AP classes this year (2) compared to last year (4). And I am even in a regular English course...
Will this hurt me in the application process? Does it show that I am a slacker? -_-</p>
<p>It could definitely hurt you. Depends on whether you are planning to apply to top tier schools.....</p>
<p>Yes it will hurt you unless you are taking 2 very difficult APs now. For example, taking hard courses AP Physics and AP Chemistry in senior year after taking less difficult courses like AP Psych, AP Enviro, AP Stats, AP Gov in junior year...that would be all right.
The only other situation in which it would be OK: you have run out of AP classes at your school and there simply can't take more than 2 because they aren't offered.</p>
<p>My Schedule looks like this:</p>
<p>AP Physics
AP Gov/H. Poli Sci
Calculus AB
English Literature (Non-honors/AP)
Honors Spanish 4</p>
<p>Any other advice/ideas?</p>
<p>lol. I wish I had that schedule. This is mine:
AP Economics (Macro and Micro combined)
AP Physics C (both again)
AP Biology
AP English Literature
AP Calculus BC</p>
<p>If it's possible for you to switch into another AP class and you don't think it would hurt your performance, I would definitely do it. If you can't, I'd ask your guidance counselor to write a note to colleges explaining why you couldn't take more APs (scheduling issues, budget cuts, etc.).</p>
<p>Isn't Calculus AB really an AP course?</p>
<p>Yeah, it is.
Any other advice/ideas? =/</p>