<p>So basically, my school's running out of money and schedule screw ups are rampant. For my junior year, I signed up for 6 AP classes (AP chem, AP bio, AP calc BC, APUSH, AP Latin, and AP English). Knowing my school, I'll end up with schedule conflicts and, bottom line, I won't be able to take all of these classes. The sad part is that I need these APs to boost my GPA. I made a few mistakes sophomore year and scored myself five marvelous Bs. In fact, these same schedule conflicts made me unable to take Honors Pre-Calc last year (I got an A in regular, though). </p>
<p>Is there a way to let colleges know that an underwhelming schedule or non-honors classes were not my fault? That they were the result of cutting classes and scheduling conflicts?</p>
<p>Part of what the counselors’ recommendation does is rank the rigor of your particular class schedules compared to what was available (so if the school doesn’t offer APs, you aren’t penalized). And if your underwhelming schedule is due to schedule conflicts, a good counselor would also note that information - but if he or she doesn’t, there is always an opportunity on the application to let the schools know about any extentuating circumstances. So don’t lose sleep over this.</p>
<p>May I point out that
1- AP classes are generally HARDER than non AP classes, so why do you think you will be able to IMPROVE your GPA by taking harder classes?
And 2-
taking 6 AP’s after taking 0 AP classes[?] your sophomore year, may be biting off a lot more than you can chew.</p>
<p>I took 1 AP class soph. year because that’s the only one they offer. I carpet bombed my first semester because I wasn’t working very hard. I got a 4.1 second semester, so I know I can handle all the classes I signed up for. Besides, I’m quite comfortable with math and sciences; I’ll only need to work hard in AP English & APUSH. But thanks for the responses. Basically, my counselor will indicate when schedule conflicts came up and stuff? I know that all of the colleges’ websites make a point to say that the student “took advantage of all AP and honors courses available to them,” but I didn’t know whether that also applied to scheduling issues. </p>
<p>We saw this writing on the wall at my son’s school last year. He decided to come up with a plan B, which happens to be community college classes instead.</p>
<p>My school loves to plan the master schedule around the agriculture classes instead of the AP kids, so I’m looking at graduating this year with only three APs under my belt. Oh, well. (I could have used them for my GPA, too!) Don’t lose heart though, that’s beyond your control and you just have to work around it.</p>