<p>I read in a few places that junior year and senior year are most important to colleges performance wise. What if I want to apply to early decision? Would that mean that they won't get to see my senior year courses? The majority of AP classes are offered senior year only at my school, so would that be a disadvantage?</p>
<p>I applied in October or November and remember putting down the courses I began in September.</p>
<p>no, it will not be a disadvantage. Your school will send in a copy of their profile which states what courses are given and the sequence which they are given . At some schools they will see your senior grades at least from the first marking period of senior year. Some schools, you may have a strong enough record freshman thru junior year that they will just make a decision. worse case, if they do have enough information or are on the fence you will be deferred to the RD round</p>
<p>It seems that most colleges are cognizant of the fact that many students take a lot of their APs senior year. My school, necessitates atleast two years of pre-reqs for their AP Courses. Hence, the majority of your APs are taken Senior year. Apparently they feel we don't have the virtuosity to succeed without the addtitional courses. </p>
<p>Lets generalize this and consider it from the colleges' perspective. Numerous elite institutions explicitly tell you that they consider your academic record in context to the the courses your high school facilitates and the time frame in which you can take said courses. If you didn't skip out on courses that you could have taken Junior, you should be fine. </p>
<p>In my situation, I am taking 5 APs out of the 13 my school offers, and they are the hardest ones (AP Calc BC, AP English, AP Physics, AP Government, AP Chemistry)...for every one of these courses there was a two year pre-req, which started from soph. year, hence I could only take the courses senior year. Colleges will aware of that and won't penalize you.</p>