Just looked at the scheduling paper. It’s listed as a math elective. Do you really think that would fundamentally change the way they see the class?
I took Gov this year, and Econ is a full year, Macro/Micro.
not the scheduling paper. That’s an internal document. It means that for your school graduation requirements, AP CSP counts.
You need to rad SCHOOL PROFILE and make sure it is listed there, too, as a Math class.
Not sure what you mean. If this helps, I just googled my school’s actual curriculum document and it categorized AP Comp Sci Principles, AP Comp Sci A, and AP Stat all as “Core Electives” under the math section.
“No s/he won’t. As the OP originally mentioned, (and I missed the first time), AP Spanish at his/her HS is 5th year.”
AP Spanish is the fourth year of language at the HS, it’s considered Spanish 5 because the OP started with Spanish 2 as a freshman. The selective colleges (as the Columbia AO confirmed) want to see four years of language taken in the HS, ever year, as long as the HS offers them or you’ve taken the AP language earlier. You can start at Spanish 1 and end up Spanish 4H as well, as long as you don’t drop it, it’s fine. As I’ve said before, I’m not a fan of loading up on APs so I’d call the USC/BU office and see what advice they give. For Columbia, e.g. its clear they want to see AP in a language, regardless of major.
Columbia’s web site says “Three to four years of one foreign language (ancient or modern)” for the College division (SEAS division wants “Two to three years”), and does not clarify years versus level.
http://undergrad.admissions.columbia.edu/ask/faq/question/2407
Really, colleges need to make sure that whatever they say on web sites and verbally is consistent.
Actually, no, it’s not clear at all - certainly not to me. Nowhere does Columbia say that they want to see an AP in any subject. @ucbalumnus quoted their suggested HS preparation.
The Columbia AO can only speak for Columbia. If s/he said that, it’s contrary to what its website states and contrary to what they told me.
At which HS? Not the OP’s, since s/he never mentioned the name of the HS. Let’s not assume facts not in evidence. Apparently for the OP, it’s the fifth. Usually, but not always, AP Spanish is the 4th year class, but I have seen many examples where the school has Spanish IV as a prereq for AP Spanish. As an example (which is not the OP’s HS):
https://www.ncps-k12.org/Page/2738
No college, absolutely none, will ding an applicant because of how his/her HS structures its curriculum. Regardless, Columbia was not a school that the OP mentioned. S/he can, of course, confirm his/her target colleges’ expectations with them.
It’s not the fifth year at the HS, it’s Spanish 5 because the middle school years count as Spanish 1, the OP started at Spanish 2. This is very typical of students who take a language in middle school. If the OP’s peers are taking AP Spanish the OP may not get most rigorous curriculum checked off because the top students are taking AP Spanish and an AP/honors science while the OP is not.