I am a junior. Does National Merit Semi-finalist and Finalist really affect your chance of getting into an ivy league? In my school, everyone who got accepted to Yale was either a semi-finalist or a finalist. Also, my school offers only AP U.S. History (sophomore year) and A.P. European History (junior year) because history is not my specialty, I decided to take Honors instead. Therefore I have not taken any AP courses yet. I am planning to take 3 APs my senior year. Does taking AP courses affect your chance of getting into an ivy league? Thanks.
<p>it will definately benefit your app</p>
<p>btw did you receive your psat scores?</p>
<p>the only way it can hurt is if your counselor checks off on a box that says very hard course load as opposed to extremely hard course load</p>
<p>By the way, the course load's not the only thing -- don't go killing your GPA.</p>
<p>potomac- I haven't gotten my scores yet. But I am pretty sure my scores are not sufficient to qualify for the merit scholarship. I hope this won't affect my chance for applying to an ivy league. Hopefully, I will score high on the SAT and the SAT IIs. I recently took the SAT II Writing. I am waiting for my score. I heard the SAT I is what counts the most, not the PSAT.
peecko- my GPA so far, is high. I haven't taken any AP courses, but I am in all Honors.</p>