<p>Hi, thanks for your help in advanced. I am a rising junior in a Canadian high school, and in our school board, most schools offer pre AP courses in grade 11 then actual AP courses in grade 12. I'd like to try to get into an Ivy league school, but I'm reading everywhere that at least 6 AP courses are recommended.
The problem is I really can't take more than one AP during junior year because the only course that lines up in the way where I can take the pre AP first semester, then grade 12 AP second semester is English, and all other subjects either have the grade 12 AP course first semester (won't be able to take the prerequisite first) or the prerequisite grade 11 course is in semester 2.
At best, I'd be able to take 2 AP sciences, 2 AP math, and AP economics. That would be 1 AP exam before applications, and 5 (at the very most, and only if the schedule fits. and they are definitely not all taking place before applications)
Will this really hurt my chances? I have heard that universities take into account limitations due to what your school offers, but I don't know how accurate that is or if it even applies to the Ivy schools.
Any help would be highly appreciated, thanks!</p>
<p>You’ll be fine as long as you maximize the opportunities available at your school and your guidance counselor puts things in proper perspective on their recommendation.</p>
<p>another thing, I went to another school in grade 9 and I was in the gifted program in grade 10 so I only spoke to my guidance counselor and gifted cert a few times because I had to go to one or the other depending on the case…so they don’t really know me. should I be visiting more so I get a better recommendation?</p>
<p>Pre-requisite AP??? ***??? Is this a Canadian thing? My kids didn’t have to take no stinkin’ pre-requisite APs!</p>
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