How much do colleges really care about APs?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>Does the amount of AP classes you take really greatly affect a college's decision to accept you or not?</p>

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<p>“Does the amount of AP classes you take really greatly affect a college’s decision to accept you or not?”</p>

<p>Yes, unless your school didn’t offer APs.</p>

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<p>How much though?</p>

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<p>A ton. 10 char</p>

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<p>Almost more than anything else. To get into a selective college you need to take close to the most challenging classes possible at your school, and you need to do well in them.</p>

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<p>Yes, colleges care about APs. APs are essentially college level courses, and selective colleges would like to know that you are capable of doing college level work. Otherwise, they have no way of knowing how challenging your classes are.</p>

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<p>Got it. Thanks so much!! @fearthetree17</p>

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<p>most colleges don’t, just the selective few that are really hard to get into like Harvard or Yale really care. But other than that, they don’t really give a ****.</p>

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<p>^Actually, AnimeGirl, class rigor is a pretty important part of applications.
a 4.0 UW GPA with easy classes isn’t going to look better than a 3.8 UW GPA with numerous AP/Honor classes</p>

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<p>Well… It is important, but in my situation, not enough.</p>

<p>You know what’s more important than APs in my opinion? English.
SATs, application essays, and its the class that has the most credits in high school.</p>

<p>I got rejected from Berkeley and I took 19 APs, 2-3 more than anyone on the top 10. People with significantly less APs, extracurriculars, and lower GPAs got in~I thought I could make up for my straight B’s in 9th-11th grade (English only) and lower SAT score, but I couldn’t.</p>