How many APs senior year?

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<p>I consider myself a relatively good student. I have an (unweighted) gpa of around 3.9/4.0, I'm in two AP classes as a junior (AP U.S. History and AP Lang) and I'm at the top of my class in both of them (97 and a 98). My rank isn't as good, it's around 24/400. I'm the President of a youth group and involved in multiple school clubs and nhs and french honors society. I don't play any sports. </p>

<p>My schools range from BU and UCONN to Wellesley and Vassar. Do you think I have shot at getting into a decent school? Will taking two APs senior year (AP Euro and AP Lit) versus three APs (previous + AP French) make any difference in my application? I could push myself to do AP french but I wouldn't enjoy it that much. </p>

<p>(My other classes are honors calc/statistics, honors anatomy, honors psychology and honors sociology) </p>

<p>I know some students are doing 5+ APs. That's fine for them. I'm not shooting for Harvard, just a good school. </p>

<p>One option would be taking french 5 but paying/taking the AP exam anyways. (French 5 and AP french are a mixed class at my school. The difference is that french 5 is two trimesters. AP French is year round-so that third trimester, it's 3-4 AP french kids and a teacher, alone in a classroom, for the rest of the year for that period). </p>

<p>Thoughts?</p>

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<p>If you’re not going to enjoy the challenge of the French, do something else you will be passionate and enthusiastic about. Four APs will be fine at any of the schools you mentioned. Can you start in French 5 and opt for the AP later? That may be a compromise.</p>