I will be a junior and plan on taking 3 AP’s. (English lang, Spanish lang, and u.s history). My GPA for end if sophomore year is 2.8 weighted and 2.7 unweighted. The college I want to attend doesn’t count these AP classes exams because it is out of the country. Should I still take the AP classes to challenge myself and boost my GPA?
Are you sure you’re going to get into said school? Regardless, I’d say take the AP courses if you can do well in them, but there is no need to waste money taking the exams.
Will it look bad in colleges if I don’t take the exam though?
Colleges want to see that you challenged yourself, so yes you should take these if you can. If you get lower than a B, you can always drop down to Honors or Regular.
What “out of the country”? Many international universities actually admit based on AP exam results, which mimick their own National Exams.
Monterrey Institute of Technology and higher education. This is the best university in mexico. I want to study Business there and they also have all classes in English if I want which I will.
That is the school I am aiming for. I know people who work there that are family members so I maybe will have a hcance of going in if not I will have to go to UNLV but I really don’t want to.
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Taking AP classes shows you are challenging yourself. If you can, you should. However, there is no requirement to take the exam (unless your high school requires it). As a junior, though, I would recommend you take it because you don’t know for sure where you will be attending college. It may turn out you could use it after all.
Thank you for the advice 
In addition, Monterey Institute of Technology may be more expensive if you take classes in English, or may not have residences to accomodate you, etc.
Never put all your eggs in the same basket 
That’s true but hopefully I get in to that school.
Getting into the school is pointless if you can’t afford it.
You need to apply to 2 schools that you like, can afford, and are SURE you will get into. Then you can add schools you like and can afford but only “think” you can get into (you need a couple of those). Neither category can have an admit rate below 30% or 40%. Finally you have the “perhaps I’ll get in, who knows?” schools which are all others.
I can afford it though. if I wont go then ill just go to UNLV. i dont want to go somewhere else because I want to be close to family.
UNLV is considered the worst flagship in the country (poor funding and resources, very commuter, poor overall peer level…) so, if I take your wish to attend a top college such as Monterey, are you SURE that’s where you want to go? The exception at UNLV is Hospitality Management but otherwise the gap is tremendous between Monterey and UNLV.
Can you imagine that, at age 20, you might not mind being a couple hours’ drive away, especially if the college is strong with good post-graduation prospects? If you can withstand attending college in Mexico, you surely can stand attending a prestigious college in a nearby state?
You can look into ASU Barrett, USD, SDSU, CPP, CSU Long Beach, and depending on stats Chapman, LMU, McKenna, Pitzer, Occidental, Cal Poly SLO, Whittier, USC (or, depending on funds, UCI, SCU).
Will i be able to even get in with my 2.8 weighted gpa? Im stressing about my classes and taking 2 or 3 AP classes so I boost up my gpa and also to excel in them. I am just scared if I end up doing bad in the AP classes.
Is AP really that hard as everyone makes it out to be? I understand it is more work and more reading but is it really that harder and different and an honors class besides more homework/classwork?
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Other than Whittier and ASU (not Barrett), You have little chance of getting into the schools listed by @MYOS1634 due to GPA. You might want to consider a CCC and then transfer if you cannot get into your first choice or if UNLV is not acceptable. You should still take AP classes if you think you can handle the work.
How how do you think I can get my GPA during half of senior year getting A’s and B’S weighted and unweighted?
The only areas I messed up were sciences and math