Senior Year APs

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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Prospective major: economics or political science
Number of APs offered at school: Approx 20
Rank: Top 2%

9th:
No APs allowed
bio honors
Geometry honors
World history honors
English honors
Spanish honors
Band

10th grade:
AP World (only AP allowed)
College Advanced Science Research 1 (Working on political science/economics project with mentor at local university)
Spanish honors
Algebra 2 honors
English honors
Chemistry honors
Band

11th grade:
AP Stat
AP Us history
AP Chemistry
AP Lang
Precalc honors
Spanish 4 Honors
College Advanced science research 2
Band
Self studying AP micro and macro

Senior year TBD
AP lit
AP Spanish
AP calc ab
honors physics
AP gov and politics (Econ Honors 2nd semester)
Health
Band
College advanced science research 3

Total AP Classes: 9
Total AP Exams: 11

Do colleges see self studying for APs an equivalent to taking additional AP classes?

With the number of APs my schools offers and the fact that roughly 15/320 kids take 5 or 6 APs senior year at my public high school, is 4 APs (for the most rigorous schedule I could take AP Physics 1 and AP Calc BC) senior year and my total # of APs rigorous enough for elite/Ivy League college admissions?

Thanks in advance.

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Do colleges see self studying for APs an equivalent to taking additional AP classes?

For admissions, no. Not at all. Don’t bother. Do well on your GPA and SAT and ECs.

For credits, if you get a high enough score, then yes.

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Do colleges see self studying for APs an equivalent to taking additional AP classes?
No.

@bopper is absolutely correct.

9 APs are more than enough rigor for any college. All colleges will view your coursework in the context of what your school offers and what restrictions the impose.

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Your schedule is absolutely fine and rigorous enough for all colleges in the country. Whether you’re admitted to colleges with sub 25% acceptance rates will now depend on test scores, essays, and activities. :slight_smile: