<p>For a junior schedule what looks better???</p>
<p>4 AP’s, 2 Honors…Grades: 3 A’s and 3 B’s</p>
<p>OR</p>
<p>2 AP’s, 1 Honors, and 3 Regular Classes…Grades: 6 A’s</p>
<p>And this is for UC Schools (UCLA, UCSD, UCSB)</p>
<p>I guess the second one, and it's kind of unfortunate. I'd rather challenge myself, learn more, and get a lower grade than breeze through an easy class and get an A, but for some reason I don't UCs put enough think emphasis on that as long as it's somewhat challenging (capping honors credit at 8 semesters...)</p>
<p>well, I would personally go for the second one--I found that taking APs didn't seem to be a huge factor for SD. there are a lot of people at my school who didn't take any who still got in with pretty high grades. plus your cumulative weighted GPA is higher with the second.</p>
<p>but I would just say: take the most challenging courseload you can while maintaining high grades. they don't have to be 4.0's by any means.</p>
<p>I would take the first, but since this year (10th), I sort of messed up....(around a 3.7) and i used 2 semesters of honors pts this year too. So i only have 6 left....Oh I just want to make sure that 8 semesters actually means only 4 classes????</p>
<p>Oh I just want to make sure that 8 semesters actually means only 4 classes????</p>
<p>Example: AP US History - A 1 Yr Class = 2 Semesters of Honors Pts.....Leaving only 6 more????</p>
<p>Bump This Question UP??????</p>
<p>Hmm... well, you can try and base your decisions off of this:</p>
<p>I'm an out of state applicant.
SAT: 1990 (1320 old scale)
GPA: 3.88 unweighted, 4.58 weighted (Nevada scale)
Junior year: 3 AP, 2 H, 1 regular. First semester (3A, 3B), second semester (6A).
Senior year: 3AP, 2 regular. First semester (5A), second semester prediction (5A).</p>
<p>So considering that standards are raised being that im out-of-state, and at the time my transcripts were sent out, they were able to see my grades all the way to the end of junior year (not first semester senior year, just my proposed schedule for senior year) -- so basically, just the 3 AP, 2 H, 1 reg. and saw my grand total of 9A's and 3 B's for junior year.</p>
<p>I got into UCSB, UCSD, but not UCLA.</p>
<p>So if you are an in-state resident, and can pull something similar to those lines, then you should be fine. I would actually vote option 1 is better -- schools like to see that you challenge yourself, even if you don't do quite as well. Granted, you have to meet minimum requirements for the school, but they'd rather see you challenge yourself and take a B then take honors/reg. classes and get straight A's. I mean, I got the 3A/3B combo myself, and I still got into those schools -- and for an out of state resident, its supposed to be twice as hard (if not harder). Hopefully you live in California. If you do, you should be golden =)</p>
<p>My two cents =)</p>
<p>The second one.</p>
<p>Do whatever gets you a higher GPA. It’s sad that the system works that way, but hey, that’s life.</p>
<p>I’d take the second one. I know lots of people here who have taken little to no APs and are doing just fine. I took 6 my entire high school career and was…let’s just say…more than fine. Our SAT scores are also extremely similar (I got a 1980).
UCs seem to like high GPAs, even though they are so subjective…</p>
<p>Would the first one have a higher UC gpa because its weighted?</p>
<p>Anyways, i took basically all the APs possible during my hs career and those who took a lot less with about the same UC gpa as me (maybe even slightly lower) all got into the same schools. It’s depressing, but it seems like thats the way it is. APs arent that stellar to these schools i guess. AP scores seem to hold more weight. GPA is GPA.</p>
<p>If you can’t be ELC student,
It is better to take more AP than Honors.
Take 4 AP and 2 regular
That way you will have more college credits (if you pass test).
It is OK to have B in AP class as long as you can get 4 or 5 on AP test.</p>