Title says it all. APUSH is the only significant AP offered by my school that I didn’t take. How will it affect me in the college admissions process? Is my coursework rigorous enough without APUSH? Thank you!
Context: Catholic High School in OR
Honors, AP, and Post-AP Coursework I’ve done:
Honors English (1 and 2)
Honors Physics
Honors Chemistry
Honors Biology
Honors Spanish (3 and 4)
Honors Precalculus
AP Calc AB
AP Calc Prep (basically BC)
AP Physics C E + M
AP Compsci A
AP English Lang
Linear Algebra
Senior Year Classes:
AP Comparative Governments
AP English IV Lit
AP Physics C Mechanics
AP Spanish V
Art I
Multivariable Calculus
Catholicism and Contemporary Culture
Peace and Justice
Service Learning
No one in my family ever took AP US History. It has not been a problem for any of us (and we do have some degrees from top schools, and a daughter currently in a highly ranked DVM program).
I do not think that this is going to be a problem for you at all.
Neither of my kids took APUSH. They wanted to have a life. They knew APUSH had the most homework of any course at their school. They did well with college admissions and it hasn’t had any effect whatsoever.
Not.at.all. Mine didn’t take it either; there was absolutely no interest in it or the extra HW load. It didn’t affect admissions, scholarships, merit scholarships, Honors Colleges, none of it. Enjoy the rest of your APUSH free high school experience
It will affect you as much as any of the other 30+ course choices made in your high school career. It’s certainly no type of go/no-go criteria for admisssions.
My kid didn’t take APUSH either. He preferred getting proper sleep, and growing a couple of inches as a result! He had other AP’s and did not want to overextend himself. He is applying now, so can’t say what the end result is, but we have no regrets.
