<p>I'm applying to many extremely selective universities-Yale, UVA, Rice, etc. In my opinion, my application is fine, except for the fact that everyone and their dog seems to have AP or IBs, and my school offers neither. I'm trying to show the "course rigor"-around a full year of Dual enrollment classes, Advanced classes, etc. But will the lack of the fancy AP or IB affect how my prospective colleges look at my application? </p>
<p>I’m pretty sure most universities look at students in their context.
My school only offers two APs: AP Calculus AB and AP French.
Since I’ve chosen Spanish, AP French wasn’t an option for me.
I only had three APs from self studies but I was accepted to Johns Hopkins this year ED.
I would focus on SAT and GPA, which are arguably the most important aspects of your applications, rather than to worry about APs.
Honestly though, top schools will have students with tons of APs regardless of their school’s offering them or not.
Good Luck!</p>
<p>The schools look at your application in context to your background. They will not hold limited course offerings against you. The same is true for other parts of your application- it isn’t the specific circumstances that affect your life that they primarily use to evaluate you, but how you respond to these circumstances. </p>
<p>Thanks for clearing it up! I’m hoping my near full year of college class credits(calculus, Chem 2, US Hist, Algebra, Stats, etc) will show that I really am trying. </p>