<p>I'm a rising junior, but so far i've planned for my senior year to have the exact same # of APs as my junior year (if not less or at least easier)... </p>
<p>is this going to be seen as a "deprovement"? because i'm taking what i believe will be my strongest subjects and their APs in junior year, senior year is just to finish up w/ some things whose scores college admins won't see anyways...</p>
<p>so my junior year is like the peak. where they'll apparently focus the most on anyways...</p>
<p>I’m taking one less AP/IB senior year than junior year, but that is because I’m doing a dual enrollment upper level math class instead. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with keeping consistent; what’s bad is if you take 2 or 3 or more less APs senior year.</p>
<p>I took one less class senior year, mainly because my junior year was so loaded. So if that is the case, going back to a relatively normal schedule (which is still a lot) isn’t bad at all. But, if you go from like four or five classes junior year to three to four senior year, then that is bad. But colleges won’t penalize you for taking a very difficult junior year (and thus most likely having a dip senior year).</p>
<p>“But colleges won’t penalize you for taking a very difficult junior year (and thus most likely having a dip senior year).”</p>
<p>I agree. Most seniors at my high school do so. Many friends of mine who took 6 AP at least, are dropping down to 4 APs.</p>