<p>So if one were to self study an AP class, and not tell their counselor until they took their AP tests senior year, how would one go about putting that on their college application. My school is not allowing me to take any AP or honors classes my senior year due to the fact that the A's I recieved in classes the teachers refused to recommend me and the B/Cs i got, I wasn't considered. I already talked to my counselor and he refused to allow me to self study any class that I was not allowed to take at the school. So I am taking the other route and self studying without informing and just taking the AP class(most likely Biology or Chemistry).</p>
<p>Keep in mind that you need to register for these APs, meaning that you will have to fill out a form that will most likely go through your school’s guidance/administration department.</p>
<p>Additionally, kids generally self-study APs because the class may not be offered in their school, they cannot fit it into their schedule, etc. Think along the lines of Macro and Micro, Psych, etc. </p>
<p>You, on the other hand, are choosing to self-study either AP Bio or Chem, two of the most rigorous courses available under the AP program. And this isn’t because of some logistics issue in your school; it seems that scholastically, you don’t make the cut of who is or is not an AP student. Now, I’m sure that there are two sides of the coin and multiple facets to this story, and your guidance counsel and past teachers could be blatant *******s that are harboring some deep vendetta against you, but you should at least consider their opinions, when they say that you should opt out for these classes. </p>
<p>That aside, AP scores are self reported, which means that you simply fill in a section of your application with the score you received. If you were to follow through with your plan, theoretically everything could resolve smoothly, without you’re counseler having any idea.</p>
<p>Conversely, you could also spend hours of your time and money on books/tutors for a test that you most likely will not be ready to take.</p>
<p>Well I mean when I register for these APs would it be at the beginning or ending of senior year? And I guess I just feel my senior year is going to be a literal joke, I am taking 12, 1 semester courses and which include 3 religion courses, 3 extremely easy history electives, 4 english electives, and 2 science electives. At my school, I was in the advanced category(10% of the population im guessing takes certain classes bypassing the freshman year prereqs) my freshman year but since I ended up being the most underperforming of this category i am stonewalled into a bunch of electives. Since I go to a moderate sized school there isn’t much leeway other than honors/AP classes. So I just figured I would complete an AP test as I would want at least one coming out of highschool.</p>
<p>“…he refused to allow me to self study any class that I was not allowed to take at the school…”</p>
<p>Seriously, talk to your counselor and see if you can take a few harder courses. As for AP exams, if you refuse to back down I don’t see any reason here why any counselor would continue to discourage you from taking the tests. You can take the exams whether or not you had previously taken the AP courses (though you usually do need school’s official’s permission so that you can have access to the exam itself in May).</p>
<p>Why do you want to take AP exams, by the way? They are not going to help you that much in college admission, as it is the exams that you have already taken that matter, along with the courses you’re going to take in senior year. By this time next year, when you’ve already found out about your college decisions, you’ll feel totally unmotivated to study for all those AP exams (like me :P). The only reasons to take the exams would be for personal satisfaction and possibly for getting credits in college.</p>
<p>Creating a conflict situation with your guidance counselor and possibly your teachers is not a good recipe for getting strong recommendations for college. Such recommendations count a great deal – much more so than any self-study AP class.</p>
<p>The point of AP classes is the full classroom experience, including in-class discussions. To take the tests is unlikely to impress, and it is unlikely to matter in allowing you to get “credit” when you start college.</p>
<p>Like XrCalico23 I encourage you to discuss this constructively with your GC.</p>
<p>Well, I have gone to see my guidance counselor almost everyday now on taking harder/challenging classes and all I get is no… And I just want to take 1 AP class in my highschool career, since I never have have had one . I guess even an honors class would satisfy me but I am aloud to take neither so I am just in a rut.</p>
<p>^I think going to your guidance counselor everyday about this is a little overboard. Take the honors class and do as well as you can in it - that in itself IS a challenge :).</p>
<p>You can’t self-study AP Chem.</p>
<p>Problem is I am also not aloud to take any honors classes either…</p>