<p>I am currently a Junior in a relatively competitive, Episcopal high school in Maryland, and very few AP courses are offered. We are not offered any until Junior year (in fact, we don't even HEAR about them, the SAT IIs, etc. until the very end of Sophomore year), and even then we are only offered AP US and AP English Lit. In our Senior year, we are offered AP Bio, AP Spanish/French, AP Calculus, and AP English Lang, along with a group of consortiums that are EXTREMELY hard to get into (AP Art History, AP Psych, and AP Econ.)</p>
<p>Finishing up my Junior year, I'm beginning to worry. I took both AP US and AP Lit this year, and finished up with a solid A in both (actually, my history teacher is considering bumping me up to an A+ due to my 97.5 average.) I've also gotten solid A's in my Physics, Precal, Spanish III classes. I'm ranked #2 in my class, and have gotten great grades throughout high school, my only B being a B+ in bio due to a combination of the death of a parent and a completely incompetent, new-grad teacher. My major concern, though, is whether I'll be at ALL competitive if I apply to Ivy League schools. </p>
<p>My passion is science (also math,) and Senior year I'll be taking AP Bio, AP Calc, AP Spanish Language, Physics II (a so-called "college-level AP" course with a lot of depth, but lacking range), and Utopias and Dystopias as my English.</p>
<p>Now, I HATE English. Like REALLY hate it. The reading part I like, but the over-analysis and tedious writing assignments just don't do it for me. I thought that Utopias would be cool, because I enjoy reading, and those sorts of novels are ny favorites. I'm wondering, however, if colleges will REALLY look down upon me for taking it as opposed to AP Lang. The teacher is supposed to be bad, much like my Lit class this year where we read a whopping total of two books, and I'm not even remotely interested in it. Also, I'm considering tripling-up on classes and adding in Chem II both because I like Chem and it'll (hopefully) look good on college apps. I really wanted to take AP Psych, but the class, being a consortium, is reserved for only "future psych majors," and my backup, AP Art History, is for kids who want to be "art or history majors" (crazy when there are only 60ish kids in my grade...)</p>
<p>On top of all that, my school is now offering AP Euro and AP Stat for the upcoming school year. Seniors, however, were told that AP Euro would be reserved for Sophomores and AP Stat would be for students enrolled in classes below precal. </p>
<p>Basically, it's starting to look like I'm uber lazy and not taking all that's available to me, as well as not showcasing my love for academics.</p>
<p>Having a schedule so devoid of APs and (seemingly) not taking advantage of available courses, what should I expect when applying to Ivy's? Do I have no chance? Should I self-study, or would it not matter??</p>
<p>Thanks for reading this rambling wall of text, and double-thanks for any answers!</p>