<p>What state are you in?</p>
<p>Somebody told me to take more AP's but no other AP's are offered to juniors. It seems like senior year is the big year around here.</p>
<p>We have a process at our school where you can appeal the decisions of the school and what not, you may want to see if you can try it at your school. I don't think you're school would physically try to limit you from taking more advanced courses if you're capable - normally its to prevent kids from flunking out of tough courses. Talk to the counselors about it and ask them if there is a way around the system. They usually give kids in the top 10%(Or even better top 10 ranking) special consideration, sometimes they let you skip prerequisites and take classes you aren't supposed to take - Some of my friends skipped normal chem and went straight to chem 2 AP. Some skipped normal physics and went straight to physics 2 AP self study. You'll be surprised where rank can get you in school :). If your name carries some weight at your school, use it to your advantage.</p>
<p>APs will probably be important if you aren't a strong candadite at an elite school. But I got into Cornell with 2 AP classes (Physics C and Calc AB) total. Don't kill yourself taking AP classes when simply being a very strong, consistent student in Honors classes will do.</p>
<p>Wow, did you have a hook or anything?</p>
<p>tons of research, NASA internship, female in engineering</p>
<p>At S's school no one has the number of APs you guys are talking about. He goes to a prep boarding school, and there are only a few you can take as a junior, and as a senior almost no one takes more than 3. The classes are very tough at the school. If you are math/science focused, you take APs in that buy usually not also in the humanities. Other way around if you are humanities focused. My S has honors English 11 and AP Euro this year and regular pre-calc and physics. Next year there will be a few more APs, but not all, and he will be applying to highly selective schools.</p>
<p>My school is weird.</p>
<p>Well I know this sophomore year for me is probably going to be the hardest. I'm friends with the valedictorian of our school, and she also said her sophomore year was the hardest. Probably cuz of apush..</p>
<p>if you don't have a very special hook then you most probably need lots of AP/IB classes (or whatever the toughest possible courseload at your school is).</p>
<p>I'm gonna try to get it all. I think I can do around 800 hours of community services. Hook or not?</p>
<p>Here are some thrieads discussing AP classes:</p>
<p>it is amazing the differences in schools- at my D very competitive prep school, only 8 non-foriegn language APs are offered, yet we have kids get into all the ivys, etc...and they are not allowed to take AP test without class, and if they take class, must take test...most AP have very strict pre-recs.....so for D, to take 6 AP by graduation is good...</p>
<p>As well, if AP classes are easy to get into at a school, they don't carry as much weight...sorry, but true</p>
<p>Believe it or not, my school has stringent AP policies but my counselor just overrode them to get me into AP Psychology.</p>
<p>FYI- the average number AP classes/tests of Stanford Admits- 5 APs!! As well, many colleges don't count the AP as a course to get you out of a class in college....and at D's school, you can't take an AP in any class but foriegn language until you are a junior....lots of honors classes though</p>
<p>Your all AP Sched. is a little out there. 13 AP's? Most kids who get into Harvard, Cornell, or any of the other Ivys have only about 8 or 7, and AT MOST 9. I think your goals are a wee bit high. Right now, you're in AP Psych, which is part of the "AP Lite" family. Other AP Lite classes include, but are not limited to, AP Art History, AP Environmental, and AP Studio Art. Before you begin making these huge elaborate goals and plans, which VERY few students actually achieve (sorry if I'm coming off pestimistic), I'd take one or two "serious" AP classes next year, such as science or math course, and then decide how much you can handle. I have a feeling that you are making AP classes to be overrated, but in actuality, they are what they live up to be. What were your 1st and 2nd quarter grades, and what classes are you taking THIS year? It seems like your trying to "bite off more than you can chew."</p>
<p>I am getting a better feel for his school. The AP courses are the top level classes offered, and that is what he needs to take at this particular school. He would go stark raving mad if he did anything else. A lot of the schools call their top level classes AP and offer the test at the end, but they may not be at all the level of an AP at a prep school or other top public. He has to work with what he has at the school he attends. If he handles the AP schedule next fall, he'll be fine for the rest!</p>
<p>College's use AP Exams to check that out. If his school offers so called "AP-Classes" that are actually just honors classes, it will show on the AP Exam (Levels 1-2).</p>
<p>^ Good advice. (two up from this) :)</p>
<p>But...some people just find AP classes much more intriguing, and much more challenging, that they like that...academic challenge. </p>
<p>Don't think that loading up on AP classes all of the sudden looks great, it really isn't that much a "hook", neither is it that impressive.</p>
<p>I wish you luck in your senior year with all those APs. AP Psych and Environmental are widely known to be easy "A" classes, so don't worry about those, and colleges know that its an easy class-(So I've heard from my GC)</p>
<p>Tami.. are you talking about my advice or Mom's?</p>
<p>Plus, since colleges are looking for that well-rounded student... it would almost be impossible, unless your superman or have an IQ of like 1,000,000, to fit in all those AP Classes, recieve A's, which is almost impossible itself due to the amount your taking (sry for the negativity), and be a community activist... Another thing... you should not have your heart set on having the PERFECT application, Ivys know what your trying to do, and if anything, it hurts you. You really to strive in somthing you take interest in, not make it a goal to take as many AP's as you can fit into your schedual. Plus, unless your a genius in every subject, taking an AP in a subject which you aren't solid in, can really hurt your app if you recieve a B grade (assuming your school gives B+, A, A+) or lower.</p>