<p>Next year I plan to take
AP Spanish
AP Macroeconomics
AP Enviornmental Science</p>
<p>I feel like everyone on this forum pretty much takes almost every avalible AP and im falling behind because I dont have as much. Does this hurt me or will I be okay granted I have a pretty good GPA abd SAT scores. Also, I think I may change AP enviornmental because I realize that im not too interested so I may replace it with another AP or an elective that actually interests me.</p>
<p>It is good to take what you want to take and what you’re interested in. It is near impossible to take all available AP’s. Half the people on this are liars.
If you want to replace something you’re not interested in with something you are interested in then you have every right to do so.</p>
<p>Depends on what you mean by “okay.” If you want to go to a very selective college like people on here are obsessed with, you need to challenge yourself as much as you can, within reason. In addition to a high GPA and test scores, you need to have impressive ECs, good essays, etc., and at extremely selective schools even all this will not give you a very high chance of admission.
What colleges are you looking at?</p>
<p>Thanks for the responses! </p>
<p>Anyway I do have some EC’s (some sports and communtiy service) about a 3.8 gpa i estimate after this year (maybe higher) and 1910 SAT (620 math 620 CR 670 writing). My stats arent that impressive but its not like im looking to get into an ivy league at this point.
Currently looking at
Syracuse
Marquette
SUNY Buffalo
SUNY Stony Brook
Drexel
UNC Charlotte
Rutgers
Salisbury</p>
<p>Im from NY by the way. Do you think these im good enough for these schools, and could I possibly receive any merit aid from with my stats?</p>
<p>You’ll probably be fine for admissions (that’s unweighted GPA, right?), although it’s not too hard to improve an SAT score and you’d probably get more aid if you did.</p>
<p>I really don’t understand people on here. A 3.8 doesn’t give you a decent shot at ivies? Look- click on the different colleges:</p>
<p>[Cornell</a> University - GPA and Test Scores Needed for Admission](<a href=“http://collegeapps.about.com/od/GPA-SAT-ACT-Graphs/ss/cornell-admission-gpa-sat-act.htm]Cornell”>Cornell University: Acceptance Rate, SAT/ACT Scores)</p>
<p>And forgetting the link above, I know two people who got into Cornell and Brown with a 3.8 and 3.9 weighted gpa, from a decent public school. A 3.8 is what I’ll have when I apply to Cornell. That isn’t enough? I don’t buy that, at all. And neither do my two friends who got in.</p>
<p>But anyway, AP courses are very important in the sense that they show that you’ve challenged yourself. The two applicants I referenced above got in with only taking 3 APs total in high school.</p>
<p>^
Pretty much nothing gives you a decent shot at Ivies.</p>
<p>^ It’s pretty unpredictable. But look, I’m just telling you what I’ve observed, and there’s nothing more accurate to me than that.</p>
<p>Take APs that interest you, or take the course because you want to be challenged. If you do take the APs that your passionate about, it will really show to admissions and they love passionate students.</p>