<p>Hi. I was wondering if my schedule and courses are rigorous enough to be considered for top colleges? Unfortunately, I didn't take IB even though it was offered at my school. I tried to compensate by taking more APs then the average IB student at my school. Here are the courses that I took and am planning to take:</p>
<p>9th grade
1. Pre-AP Geometry
2. Pre-AP Accelerated Science I (1 year of biology + 1/2 year of chemistry)
3. BIMM (for techonology credit)
4. Pre-AP English I
5. Spanish II Enhanced
6. Band (double block)
7. Pre-AP World Geography</p>
<p>10th grade
1. Pre-AP Algebra II
2. Pre-AP Accelerated Science II (1/2 year of chemistry + 1 year of physics)
3. Debate
4. Band (double block)
5. Pre-AP English II
6. Pre-AP World History
7. Pre-AP Spanish III</p>
<p>11th grade
1. Pre-AP Precalculus
2. Honors Anatomy
3. Band (double block)
4. TAG AP English IV
5. AP US History
6. AP Spanish Literature
7. Health/Speech (for graduation requirements)</p>
<p>12th grade
1. AP Calculus AB
2. AP Biology
3. Band (single block)
4. TAG AP English V
5. AP Econ/AP Gov
6. AP European History
7. AP Computer Science
8. Regular Phycology (required for AP phyco)/AP Phycology</p>
<p>Also, I plan to major in political science or international relations. Thanks.</p>
<p>What does it mean in your school for a course to be labeled "Pre-AP"?</p>
<p>It looks like you took 2 AP Junior year, and plan 5 for Sr. Year. </p>
<p>In California, most of the Top 30 aspiring students in good schools with good college advising will have taken 1-2 AP in sophomore year, 2-4 AP in Junior year, and another 2-4 in Sr. Year.</p>
<p>It looks in comparison to this pattern that you've waited until Sr. Year to tackle the rigorous courses. What held you back sophomore and junior years from taking a more challenging courseload?</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies. It's actually 3 APs in junior year (TAG AP English IV, AP US History, and AP Spanish Language). Also I am taking 7 APs in my senior year, (8 if you count AP Gov and AP Econ as two separate ones). I also wanted to take AP compsci in my junior year, but I couldn't due to a scheduling conflict. In my school, you can only take an AP class during sophomore year if you are in IB, and that is only AP US History. Pre-AP at my school is just the standard honors courses.</p>
<p>Well, even the top colleges report an average of around 6 AP classes per student, so you look good there; it really depends on what your school offers, though, if you took near the hardest schedule you could (my school only allows APs junior/senior year, for instance, so its impossible to get a lot of them)</p>
<p>One of the counselors told me that I can't qualify for 'most rigorous' unless I took IB, and that is what worries me. Most IB kids at my school take 7 APs + the IB classes. I was hoping having 10~11 APs might solve the problem.</p>