<p>how much would it hurt to take ONE regular SEMESTER class? the other semester will be honors? this is in english.
As it is, I am taking more APs than most other students in my grade.</p>
<p>I really don’t think it’s going to make any difference. If you feel more comfortable taking the regular class, then by all means take it. I didn’t take the most APs in my class nor was I #1 in my class, yet I ended up being the only one accepted from my school. So, there are many, many other factors besides class choices, especially when you’re talking about a semester-long class instead of a year-long class.</p>
<p>What do you think got you accepted?</p>
<p>You’ll be rejected for sure. :P</p>
<p>Are you being serious?</p>
<p>No he/she is kidding. Please relax, being extremely uptight about everything will sure as hell not get you accepted! Do your best in school and do stuff u are passionate about!</p>
<p>haha thanks. just get afraid from looking at all the applicants on this site, it seems like such a big deal. I definitely will not be above average in my grades (sloppy freshman year, improved this year a bit, and will do better next year). But hoping my SATs and what ever else I do makes up for that.</p>
<p>Freshman year is not that important! If you are improving, thats great!! Way better than having a great freshman year and becoming worse in the years after. I hear princeton and stanford dont even look at your freshman year(except for aps I guess). Just do your best and do the most rigorous course load you can handle. Also do ecs you are passionate about. Doing a couple of ecs that take a lot of your time and effort are better than hundreds of “1 hour per week” ecs. Comm service is also important! Best of luck!! Also pton admission is kind of unpredictable! I applies for class of 14, but im expecting the worst,haha</p>
<p>I feel like it might hurt if the subject is in English. I know students who have been successful (in terms of college admissions) who haven’t taken the highest level math or science courses, but literally all of them were taking AP English (even the ones who are mathy/sciencey). </p>
<p>I think that even if neglecting to take higher level English doesn’t hurt in terms of admissions, it will definitely hurt you in college. I know that if I didn’t go through the advanced English track at my school, I would be struggling BIG TIME right now. Especially because Yale, and I would assume all ivies, are schools that don’t really place emphasis on teaching you how to write; rather, they expect you to know how to do it, or figure it out quickly. Think about it :)!</p>
<p>i would be applying to the school of engineering, which I heard was separate from the University itself. I’m debating to take AP english senior year depending on how i don next year.
I have something in mind that would definitely make me stand out from other applicants too.</p>
<p>I have many regular classes. They’re called electives. They’re required. As long as your rank is high, you are fine.</p>
<p>@itry - Admission to the school of engineering is not separate from admission to the university itself. If you are rejected from the department of engineering, then you are rejected from the school. The same applies for being wait-listed and being accepted. Although if you are accepted, you have the option of switching from BSE to AB.</p>
<p>^That is true, but applying to BSE has different requirements than applying to AB. Also, if you apply to BSE, they expect you to be more science oriented. It is the same school, but there is a difference in requirements and expectations</p>
<p>yeah im pretty focused on math and sciences in my courses</p>