<p>I'm going to be a senior this year so I decided I would have early release everyday. Instead of having 4 classes a day, i will have only three classes. I chose to have less classes because I took ALL AP classes. No regular classes at all. Will a shortened sschedule with all AP classes be a negative when colleges look at my app?</p>
<p>Yes, I think they would rather you take 4 APs rather than 3 APs and a release. Or even an honors or elective to fill that fourth spot.</p>
<p>would it be too much? I would rather have more time to focus on learning 6 classes well rather than struggling in 8. : / And i really don’t want to take a few AP classes and a few regular classes. (equaling 8 classes)</p>
<p>Oh, how much of a negative effect will a shortened schedule have on admissions?</p>
<p>If you don’t take 4 classes, then you will be rejected from most 4 year colleges. It shows that you are lazy. You’ll be condemned to a crappy unknown school or community college.</p>
<p>srsly? : (</p>
<p>I didn’t know it was that bad. A lot of juniors/seniors take early release in my school…</p>
<p>Oy vey. First of all, what caliber school are you shooting for? Ch1ck3n is… don’t even listen. </p>
<p>Are you going to get into HYPS with only 3 classes? No. But what are you shooting for?</p>
<p>See if you could get an “independent study” or something for that 4th spot. You could use it as a supplement to your AP classes (bio lab for example if you’re taking AP bio). I only technically had 5/6 classes my senior year because I took an independent study. I didn’t get rejected from any of the colleges I applied to.</p>
<p>No, not seriously. 6 AP classes is a large workload, more than most students take on as it is, and I think that as long as your grades are good, an early release shouldn’t be much of an issue.</p>
<p>I’m thinking of volunteering at my local firestation.</p>
<p>And yes, i am aiming for HYSPM</p>
<p>Ok, in that case, you definitely need a fourth class of some sort. Although, either way, it is a crapshoot into HYPSM. If there is truly nothing that fits your interests, look at a CC or local university and take either online classes or regular classes.</p>
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<p>I wish my schools regular schedule was just 6 periods instead of 8 now. : (</p>
<p>Although, i think you should know that one girl in my school went to Cornell with just 6 AP classes.</p>
<p>I really thought schools would want substance (6 APs) over quantity (more filler classes)</p>
<p>If you take a class you are interested in, it is not a filler class. Just because it isn’t an AP, doesn’t make it any less of a class.</p>
<p>I understand. But the problem is, if I take more classes I may not have the good grades that are necessary. After all, like Mike said, 6 AP classes equals a huge workload.</p>
<p>Ok, specifically, what does your schedule look like? Is it 3 AP classes a semester? Is it 6 a semester? Are they all year-long classes? What AP classes are they? Give us more details in order to help you.</p>
<p>My school has block schedule. “A” day and “B” day. Each class is 90 minutes long. I will have 6 APs each semester. </p>
<p>AP Econ and Government are semester long classes.</p>
<p>Including the above, i will be taking:
AP calc BC
AP Physics B/C
AP Art Drawing
AP Chemistry
Ap eng Lit</p>
<p>Ok, see if there is any way that you could get an independent study chem lab or something. If you have a cool chem teacher, he/she might let you just use the period for independent study and it will not look like you just went home. </p>
<p>Also, how many years of a language did you take? Ivys like to see you take language all 4 years unless you APed early.</p>
<p>I took three years of French. Can’t do AP for 4th year b/c not enough people have signed up for class.</p>
<p>Ok, then perhaps independent study for French. Anything is better than just a hole in your schedule.</p>
<p>How exactly do you do “independent study?” Do you just crack open books that are related to the subject? And how do you document this study?</p>
<p>Each school is different. At my school, we needed a teacher and we made our own lesson plans and our teacher monitored our progress.</p>