Taking no ap classes, someone help me please!

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<p>Hey everyone. I just started grade 11 this month and I've never taking any ap courses in high school.</p>

<p>My school only offers three AP courses which are Chemistry, Computer Science and Economics.</p>

<p>I don't like any of those courses and have no interest in them whatsoever. I've always been more of a social science person and never did well in anything that had to do with Science or Mathematics. I also don't want to take a subject I know I'm bad because I cannot risk getting a bad average in anything this year.</p>

<p>What should I do?</p>

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<p>See if you can do an online course or dual enrollment course at local CC in a subject that does interest you if you are able.</p>

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<p>I agree with the above post. You should definitely take some courses at CC and also try self-studying AP’s. It will definitely show motivation, but keep in mind that when you apply to colleges your GC will fill out how many AP courses were available to you and since your school only offers 3 I really don’t think it will hurt you much not to have taken any.</p>

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<p>It depends on how high are you aiming at. Most international students don’t have AP either. Don’t worry too much about it when your school offers only limited AP. It will be shown on the school profile.</p>

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<p>Take them all. You’ll love AP econ and it’s pretty close to a social science. You’ll prolly take chem 101 in college anyways to you can get that over with right now, and comp sci is up to you but yeah that one is geared towards a small group of kids…</p>

<p>Self studying is always an option, especially if you’re aiming for a selective school (<20% acceptance)</p>

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<p>Studying AP’s on your own isn’t hard if you love the subject. If you’re a social science person, study some social sciences. Talk to your guidance counselor about having your school administer the exams or going somewhere nearby to take them. My school only offers 5 AP classes and I’ve taken all but one of them, but I’ll still be able to take another 6+ at the end of this year.
If you’re really worried about not getting what you love across to colleges, pump your EC’s up. Also, you can risk having a low average in a class. If you work your *** off to maintain good but imperfect grades with a challenging course-load, it’s going to mean a lot more than a 4.0 and no difficult classes.
I guess it all comes down to two things: Are you passionate about any subject in particular? How selective is your college list looking?</p>