<p>Hi guys
This year as a senior I only have 2 AP classes. I took 1 as a freshman, 2 as a soph., and 5 as a junior. Will this huge drop in # from jr. to sr. make a huge impact? I didn't take more APs because (1) i had to fulfill a graduation requirement (elective) (2) I didn't want to take AP spanish (its very time consuming at my school, and i wanted to focus on colelge apps, so I'm in spanish honors). I have an independent study in physics; is that taken seriously? </p>
<p>honestly…im having the same problem right now…i feel like it does negatively impact chances, but it won’t have as much effect as you think it does</p>
<p>Taking less competitive classes than your school offers will weaken that portion of your application.</p>
<p>It really depends on the reasons for choosing 2 AP’s. Obviously you have no control over classes that you need to take for graduation. College applications are time consuming. It also depends on how advanced in physics the independent study entails.</p>
<p>@skieurope : the independent study is the level above AP Physics C Mech. and E+M. I would have taken more AP’s but the AP’s that a lot of the seniors take I took before, so I couldn’t take them this year. </p>
<p>Well, colleges will view a post-AP class as equal to or greater than the rigor of an AP class. The question would really boil down to AP Spanish vs. Spanish H. Colleges may view your choice differently; nobody here will know. However, if your GC rates your schedule as “most rigorous” on the Secondary School Report, I would not worry. Whether your prospective colleges accept or reject you will be determined by much more than your schedule.</p>
<p>How should I ask my counselor how he/she would rate my course rigor without seeming presumptuous? </p>
<p>I don’t think it’s presumptuous to flat out ask, “How would you rate my schedule.”</p>
<p>the total # of AP’s I took all throughout high school is one of the highest in my grade…will my slightly easier senior schedule still hurt me?</p>
<p>Your schedule is fine. It sounds like you have exhausted your school’s curriculum. They cannot expect you to take what isnt offered to you. If you took all the APs junior year that most people take senior year, it will look impressive and help you. Don’t be worried in the slightest.</p>
<p>@guinea : thanks for the response!
any other thoughts?</p>
<p>bumppp /10char</p>
<p>I’ll be in same situation when I’m a senior. I’m taking 5 out of the 7 APs my school offers and I’m a junior, and I’m not worried. Most, if not all, colleges will put your senior year in context compared to what’s offered in your high school.</p>
<p>On your bullet-point list to your guidance counselor, highlight that 1° you took as a junior most AP classes taken by seniors and 2° thus nearly maxed out on AP classes senior year, taking additionally a post-AP physics C independent study.
With this in your recommendation, you’d not only be safe, but in fine shape.</p>