No AP classes till senior year..

Colleges and Universities A-Z Cornell University
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<p>Our new principal got a new idea for our class schedule, so we used to have four classes in one semester(each is 5 credits) , and now we have a whole year around schedule. He was saying that this schedule makes students become a better test taker, but everyone thinks it's stupid. I was planning to take the honest classes for pre-cal, chemistry and physics in the first semester, so i can take AP course for the same subject in second semester in my junior year. and it won't work any more. He messed up everything, even everyone complained a lot; he is not going to do anything. </p>

<p>So does that look bad on my college application, i know the gpa won't be satisfied, and what can i do for my junior year? i really want to be good!</p>

<p>I will be very thankful and appreciated for ur advices!</p>

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<p>If you take the most challenging courses that are available for you at your school, it shouldn’t hurt. In fact, if your GC is good, one of the things that s/he will write in the rec letter is “Wangfz1 took the most challenging courses available at this school”, or words to that effect.</p>

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<p>But the GC will do the same thing for everyone. I asked top 10 seniors in my school, they saying that the admission officers want to see u have some challenge course like AP on ur application. if u don’t have high gpa like 3.9+, or challenge courses, u won’t have any chance to get into top college like cornell?</p>