Is my senior year schedule considered "too easy" or a "decrease in rigor"?

Applying to College
1

<p>9th:
-Spanish II
-Honors Global Issues
-English I Honors
-Algebra II Honors
-Integrated Chem/Bio I Honors</p>

<p>10th:
-Spanish III
-AP European History
-English II Honors
-Precalculus Honors
-Integrated Chem/Bio II Honors</p>

<p>11th:
-Spanish IV
-AP US History
-AP English Lang
-AP Calculus BC
-AP Chemistry
-AP Macroeconomics</p>

<p>12th:
-AP Spanish
-US Government Honors
-World Mythology Honors
-AP Statistics
-AP Biology
-Physics Honors</p>

<p>9th I had 0 APs(none offered), 10th I had 1(only one offered), 11th I had 5, and this year only 3. Will colleges see this as me "taking a year off" or "going easy on myself" for senior year? I mean, I'm taking Honors for the classes that aren't AP, but still, my transcript is really important to admissions, right? And the only reason I'm not taking AP Lit is because it was running the same periods as AP Bio and AP Spanish, and I chose those 2 over AP Lit. I know my transcript isn't the only thing colleges consider, bus it still "too easy" a schedule?</p>

2

<p>depends on whether or not there are harder courses offered at your school. if you took the hardest classes at your school during your junior year, it’s not like you can take a harder courseload unless you took classes online or somewhere else outside of school. and your counselor might mention something in their rec about the AP Lit situation if you mention it to them.</p>

3

<p>I think you should be ok. You’re still taking all Honors/AP’s. and a total of 9AP’s will never look “easy”.</p>

4

<p>ac33527 - Well, there are more AP options available. I could have taken AP Government, but I chose Honors, and I kind of regret it, but the class was already full by the time I got to my counselor to ask if I could change. And also, I could have taken AP Physics if my AP Chem teacher recommended me to skip Honors, which she would have done for me if I had chosen to do so, but I did not. But thank you for the suggestion, I will mention the situation to my counselor and ask her to include it in the rec letter</p>