<p>I have taken the following so far:</p>
<p>Bio Hons. as Freshman, Chem Hons. APUSH and AP Calc AB as Sophomore. I am planning to take AP Bio AP Eur. Hist, and AP Calc BC as Junior and AP Physics as senior.</p>
<p>Do I have to take AP Chem (as I am having conflicts) if I want to do bio medical engg. and shooting for IVYs and MIT.</p>
<p>Prompt answer is appreciated as I need to decide this week.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>no you don’t “have” too…</p>
<p>Uh … I never knew Ivies had AP requirements. Are we talking about the Ivy League in the USA as in Cornell, etc.? or a different Ivy League?</p>
<p>I am sorry, when I said “Do I have to” I meant “Would it be more appealing for admission criteria”. Oh, and yes I meant the Ivys in US.</p>
<p>Of course it’s more appealing if you do well. If you can handle the additional rigorous course and not lose too much time for your EC’s then go for it.</p>
<p>You could always just leave it for senior year. You have Calc BC in your junior year and that already sends a strong signal that you’re capable if you get a good grade and a 5 on the exam.</p>
<p>My God…How many kids do you think these kids get who try to just “impress” the admissions counselors?</p>
<p>Just do what you love. It’s a LOT more appealing than kids trying to LOOK appealing. There are probably hundreds of better qualified students for these schools. They don’t look just at classes…</p>
<p>If something challenges you, and your interested in it, pour your heart out doing it. It doesn’t matter if its an AP, honors, community college, etc. Go farther than “AP”. </p>
<p>Jeez…</p>
<p>u cant get into college doing wat u love. wat if u love chillin with friends and blazing?</p>
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<p>Yeah, if you want to get into the Ivies, do what you love, as long as you love making top SAT scores, having the craziest ECs, and straight A’s in AP classes!</p>
<p>I do suggest taking AP Chem your senior year though, since your junior year looks pretty full already. It’s always good to have a strong background in chem/pysics/biology for biomedical engineering. Also, you may want to make your senior year more rigorous (all you posted was AP Physics, so I’m not sure what else you’re taking)</p>
<p>I meant academically…
Jeez.</p>
<p>Learning wise. You get my point.</p>
<p>I know a guy who graduated from my school last year. He took AP physics in 5th grade, got a 5, and taught at Rice University his freshman year.</p>
<p>His SAT? 2100.</p>
<p>He only took AP physics BECAUSE HE LIKED physics, and because he felt like he would learn a lot in that class, not because it would get him into Rice. He went WAY beyond AP…</p>
<p>AP can help, but dont just take an AP class because its “AP”</p>
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<p>Agreed. Though I took a semi-demanding schedule this year (6 AP exams), I did so because I loved all the subjects I was studying. Previously in my high school career, I took a biomedical and electrical engineering class comprised of subjects entirely foreign to me. Not only was it much harder than all the AP classes I have ever taken, but it was also the source of my worst grades. I don’t think there’s a single class I’ve taken because I felt it would improve my college chances; I simply like taking the most difficult classes available to me and stretching my limits. AP is not the end-all-be-all of ambition; truly, it’s not all it’s cracked up to be.</p>
<p>Yeah.</p>
<p>If there is a class that is harder than AP, more interesting than AP, etc etc, then screw AP.</p>