<p>This is my schedule for Junior year. Will this put me in good contention among other candidates applying to ivys?</p>
<p>English H
US II
Biology H
Pre-calc H
Spanish 5 H
AP Statistics </p>
<p>It’s really just relative to the other kids on your school. If Juniors often take several APs at your school, then this schedule will appear weak and your counselor will denote that it was not the most rigorous possible. If most juniors do not take any APs, then your counselor will probably denote “most rigorous.”</p>
<p>Get good grades, have fun, and stop worrying about the “ivys!”</p>
<p>Talk to your GC and see if it’s the most rigorous schedule available. If they say that they will check off that box, you’re good to go and don’t need to worry.</p>
<p>For example, I was going to take 7 APs next year (Senior year) but my GC told me that it didn’t matter. She would check the box off at 4 APs and that’s all that matters. So I ended up signing up for 5 APs.</p>
<p>from the outside, it wouldn’t. You’d need 2-3 AP classes, including at least one among AP Spanish, AP US History, AP English Language, an AP science.
HOWEVER if you go to a low performing school where few students take that many honors classes and where taking 1AP junior year is rare, then you’d be fine. In all other cases you’d really need to up your game, so to speak.</p>
<p>Aren’t you supposed to take 7 classes? </p>
<p>What xfirefirex said is correct: 4 AP per year is typically deemed most rigorous and top colleges look for 4 to 8 AP’s, TOTAL for all of high school. After 8APs, a law of diminishing returns applies, which is why taking more than 4APs senior year is really not necessary. </p>