I’m a junior in high school and I’ve just started looking into US colleges. It came to my notice that AP classes are very meaningful? What happens if none of the high schools in my country offers them? Not to sound conceited, but my GPA is 3.975 and I definitely think I could handle more difficult classes. This really saddens me, because I really got hooked on the top schools and already have some ECs and some community work hours, but no AP’s. Is there a way to explain this to the college I’m applying to? How is this going to affect my chances?
If you’re an international, good news is it’s probably understandable that AP is not offered worldwide. Bad news is, your chances of admissions to top tier schools is lower than domestics. Things like AIME etc will give you the advantage; olympiads, research, competitions etc are all valuable.
Are you taking the most challenging courses your HS offers? or are you in the most challenging type of HS (e.g., in Germany it would be a Gymnasium vs Hauptschule or Realschule)
