<p>what if you cant take ap classes during these years what can i do to make up for it.</p>
<p>How many APs and Honors classes at your school will you be able to take? How many are there offered total? </p>
<p>If you can't take it, you can't take it. You don't have to take every single AP offered at your school and at some places it's unrealistic to take 4-5 in the same year, depending on the rigor of the school already.</p>
<p>Study and take the AP tests nonetheless. You could try taking college courses to boost up your GPA as well.</p>
<p>Other than UCLA, what schools are you aiming for?
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Study and take the AP tests nonetheless. You could try taking college courses to boost up your GPA as well.
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Or do something that, with the same time investment, is equally or more impressive (investing in your ECs, etc.). [Community] College courses? Unless you're adamant about going to UCs (only) it could be a huge waste of time and energy (a pain having to get transportation, manipulating two different schedules, etc.).</p>
<p>Community college courses are your best bet in that case.</p>
<p>thanks you guys. ill try taking cc classes. but a question about cc classes. how does it boost your gpa if you only get college credit. and my school doesnt offer alot of ap/ honor classes mme-lin</p>
<p>thanks you guys. ill try taking cc classes. but a question about cc classes. how does it boost your gpa if you only get college credit.</p>
<p>Well, it depends on your high school with how it handles community college credits and GPAs. I've had friends who had the credits count for high school credits but the GPAs did not transfer. I had a friend who took piano classes for easy A's at the local community college to boost up his GPA. </p>
<p>Before you go any further and waste any unnecessary energy - please talk to your guidance counselor about the success rates of students (overachievers such as yourself) who had few AP courses taken (because of circumstances) and how they fared in the end. </p>
<p>Again, if you are absolutely sure you want to go to a UC or Cal State, go ahead and take CCC classes - they'll help you out in the long-run if you're worried about finances or if you want to get a leg-up on your education. If you're looking Ivy or top private school, APs are more favored upon since quality of community colleges vary so much across the nation. APs, on the other hand, are standardized.</p>
<p>Addendum: I've read on Stanford's admissions site, at one point, that the average student had taken about 5 APs during their high school career. </p>
<p>Please talk to your guidance counselor and go from there. I faced this same issue as a junior in high school - I ended up graduating with 6 AP courses, several honors, and useless community college courses that mattered for absolutely nothing except for countless bus rides to and fro school, courses in the evenings that mattered nothing, and so on. Waste of energy, time, and investment!</p>
<p>If I remember correctly, the UCD Admissions poster said a few months ago that any college classes taken in A-G areas (English, History, etc.) prior to 12th grade will be included in your UC GPA and will be weighted. For example, my son's HS does not weight the VPA community college class he took, but the admissions people at Cal said it would be included in his UC GPA as a weighted class (up to the 8 allowed weighted points for a capped UC GPA). The UC application has you list every class in the appropriate subject areas and the they re-calibrate your GPA. This subject can most likely be found in the UC Davis forum- search for "UCD Admissions." You can also take summer school classes at all of the UC campuses, but apply early as there is extra paperwork involved for hs students.</p>
<p>bump please and thank you.</p>
<p>What else is there that you need to know?</p>
<p>There's really nothing you can do besides take CC classes. The colleges you apply to will see that you don't have AP classes, so they'll be more lenient (I hope).</p>
<p>College Preparatory Electives
1 year required - Courses, in addition to those required above, chosen from the following areas: visual and performing arts (non-introductory level courses), history, social science, English, advanced mathematics, laboratory science, language other than English (a third year in the language used for the language requirement or two years of another language). </p>
<p>what is it exactly</p>
<p>It means in addition to satisfying the requirements for being UC-eligible, you must have a year of something else in one of those areas. If you're doing the recommended amount of years per subject you should be fine. For clarity's sake, talk to your guidance counselor about setting up your senior schedule and so forth. </p>
<p>Best of luck.</p>
<p>im a sophomore.</p>