<p>What are the 10 most prestigious AP classes that are sure to catch the Adcom's eye?</p>
<p>My opinion:</p>
<p>1) Physics C
2) BC Calc
3) AP French
4) AP Spanish
5) AP Lit
6) Physics B
7) AP Chem
8) Calc AB
9) AP Lang
10) AP Macro</p>
<p>what do you think?</p>
<p>Why are languages up top? Many native speakers take those classes for easy SAT 2 and easy AP. </p>
<p>I agree Physics and Calc BC are up there, but I'd put AP history also.</p>
<p>make a list</p>
<p>Why is there "prestige" associated with AP now? </p>
<p>I would consider Physics, Calc BC, and Chem to be the hardest, but it all depends on the student and his/her interests and talents.</p>
<p>Prestige of different AP classes? I'm pretty sure this isn't even considered by adcoms, LOL.</p>
<p>This is utterly preposterous. Another one of those "only on CC" type of threads. Yeech</p>
<p>^^ agreed wholeheartedly... ;)</p>
<p>This thread fails. I'm sorry, but it's true. How on earth is your opinion supported by anything? Adcoms know which APs are most difficult. But that doesn't matter if your insanely interested in a particular subject.</p>
<p>My opinion:</p>
<p>1) APs you care about
2) Resum</p>
<p>I didn't know AP classes are now "prestigious."</p>
<p>I'd have to put AP Physics at the top. that class was a *****. AP EnviroSci and AP Art History at the bottom</p>
<p>Easy Ap Stat, Art History, Enviro, Econ
Middle: Most languages, American Gov, Compar Gov, Bio, AB Calc
Hard: Both English, American history, European history, BC Calc, Chemistry, Physics, Latin</p>
<p>thats pretty much it....AB Calc may be in the middle of middle and hard though</p>
<p>English Lang is definitely Easy or Middle, as it's an AP you can take cold and get a 5 on. Physics B would be medium I think, and Physics C would be hard (both of them). Otherwise that looks good.</p>
<p>wow, you've got to be kidding me.</p>
<p>AP prestige....just wow.</p>
<p>It's really difficult to make a list of "most prestigious APs" when different people are good at different things. therefore, different people have their own weaknesses and also what they consider "difficult"</p>
<p>^ Yeah I agree. I heard from one Harvard student that AP Psych and AP Human Geo are not considered "tough APs" but APs are tougher to begin with. It really does depend on what you're interested in, and if one is interested in history they may take both aforementioned AP courses. However, science and math are required courses and colleges like to see that you challenged yourself even in subjects that may not be of most importance to you. So, one should take AP math and science courses that are challenging like Calc and Chem. (Math is always needed anyhow, and getting good grades in a variety of AP courses shows that you can handle to work in college). I heard though, that if you are a math/sci student, you should go ahead to take the AP Physics, Calc BC, etc. </p>
<p>It really is all relative to the person. There are things like Calc BC and Physics C, that are tough no matter what though because of more obscure concepts. Maybe instead of 10 most "prestigious" it could be 10 most "challenging?"</p>
<p>Now I'm worried about AP Calc BC...</p>
<p>AP Bio should be up there.</p>
<p>I took chemistry and calc BC because I knew they were easy for me. I would never take an AP language (outside of English) or history because I know I'd score 3 or less.</p>
<p>HAHAHAHA. that sounds really funny. prestigious classes.... prestige means absolutely nothing in terms of a class...that is really ridiculous
i think you could probably rank APs in terms of which classes/tests are hardest.
but not prestige</p>
<p>Would anyone do a top 15 or 20 please?</p>