Your “advisers” are correct. While rigor is important, you don’t need to take all ap classes. For example, taking 7 ap classes just to check off the most rigorous box isn’t worth it. You could take ap stats if you want but you could always take it in college.
Taking an overload of AP is not good. But to get to the ivies, it is necessary to both take AP’s and get a high GPA.
If you can’t take the AP’s and still get the high GPA, then you simply won’t make the ivies.
If you think a person who will only have 1 AP class at the end of their junior year will get to the ivies, then that’s unlikely in the very least.
At my junior year (if calculated on a 6 point scale), I will have a 5.28. If also on a 6 point scale, OP will be unlikely to even get a 5.
I am aiming for a state school, OP is aiming for ivies. Based on this, unless he gets the rigor up, his chances aren’t good.
@RMNiMiTz
Again, taking more than one AP is out of the question. But the real question is how many? Would you think that taking APs such as Stats and Psychology (amongst the only APs available for Juniors) be completely necessary even though it does not stay consistent with my SoP? The ECs and the courses I’m taking revolve around the college essay that I’ll be writing in the future, thus which explains why I am taking AP Euro (which I couldn’t take this year because of a full class) next year along with AP US History.
@colonelkiyo Its good to have a plan but remember to stay flexible as other opportunities will arise and your interests may change throughout high school.
Tell me the total amount of AP’s available at your school and how many you plan on taking (this should give a pretty good estimate of whether you qualify or not).
But again, is there any reason you can’t walk into the counselor’s office and straight up ask?
I walk into my counselor’s office and ask random questions all the time about scheduling and college apps.