<p>New Zealand does not provide AP test centres as far as i know, so there's no way i could prepare it... i know a lot of colleges take in AP infos, but if i don't have any, how disadvantaged am i??</p>
<p>very..........</p>
<p>What colleges want to see is challenging coursework. If APs aren't an option, colleges can't expect them. Do you have something roughly equivalent?</p>
<p>Couldn't you get IB? It's generally ~ AP. I think a lot of countries subscribe to IB, so if NZ doesn't have those, then, well, you better have really really good ECs or something.</p>
<p>If your school doesn't provide it, as long as you are still taking the hardest courseload, it should be okay...but you must have some evidence of a really tough courseload, as greenblue said.</p>
<p>Top schools usually evaluate in context. Like others have said, if you've demonstrated that you've taken the most rigorous courseload available, it will bode well for you: I disagree w/Bobmallet's assessment</p>
<p>Ignore bobmallet.</p>
<p>It won't be a disadvantage if you couldn't have taken them. Lot's of people in the states don't have the opportunity to either.</p>
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Couldn't you get IB? It's generally ~ AP. I think a lot of countries subscribe to IB, so if NZ doesn't have those, then, well, you better have really really good ECs or something.
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<p>eww, that European diploma? jk</p>
<p>is there a local community college u can take some classes at? if not just take the hardest classes available and just pray i guess. also max ur ECs.</p>
<p>I just have to concur that the whole AP mania only holds true for schools that offer them. One of my daughter's schools got rid of them and it hasn't changed their college admission at all. Many, many highly thought of private schools no longer offer them, and many public schools only offer a few or none. I agree with other posters, just take the toughest load you can and participate in EC's for which you really have a passion. I think passion and authenticity are the buzz words in admissions in most colleges and universities--not number of APs.</p>
<p>I tried signing up for AP English, but was denied because there was no available spaces. Who's fault is that? Mine? or the schools? The amount of AP classes sure seems like a horrible way to assess a person, especially when a school limits the amount of students in a class.</p>