<p>In numerous threads on this board I see people have been taking AP classes since their freshmen year. My school however does not allow freshmen & sophomores (other than AP Euro) to take AP classes, they instead allow Pre-AP classes. Do you think taking Pre-Ap classes as an underclassmen will have an effect on chances of acceptance or are they just seen as regular classes?</p>
<p>They’d definately look at it as better than regular level classes. Same with Honors classes.</p>
<p>Great! b/c thats pretty much all I’ve taken, until this year, I was getting abit nervous</p>
<p>Don’t worry about it. </p>
<p>Most schools don’t offer the ridiculous number of APs seen on this site, and the vast majority do not let Freshmen take them. I only took European history as a class Sophomore year, and took three as a junior. </p>
<p>Don’t worry about things out of your control. I tend to do that and my life is a wreck… :)</p>
<p>When you apply to colleges, your counselor will check how demanding your course-load was. As long as it is the most demanding the school offers, you are fine. Most demanding is subjective anyway, like Gryffon stated- course offerings vary, but a students will to do the best can be equal among these variations in college admissions.</p>
<p>My school is the exact same way. I did Pre-AP’s for freshman and sophomore year, and then did my AP classes Junior and Senior year. And it worked out aight for me. So I’m guessing that the colleges definitely take it all into account.</p>
<p>In our district, the pre-AP classes are significantly more difficult than the regular classes. I sure hope they are noticed!</p>
<p>Pre-AP classes? What does that even mean? At my school, we have Regents (lowest level), Honors (harder), and AP…And you can’t take any AP until your junior year.</p>
<p>We dont have honors classes or IB. We have regular classes, advanced classes, Pre-AP, & AP. The school system doesn’t feel that freshmen & sophomore students are mature enough to handle AP classes therefore they offer Pre-AP</p>
<p>Our district has no Honors classes. The pre-AP classes (offered in almost all subjects) are significantly harder than the regular academic classes. The theory is that the rigor helps to prepare students for AP classes which are only available for jrs and srs.</p>
<p>What about IB ? Does it look even better?</p>
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<p>Better than what? AP?</p>
<p>Isn’t Pre-Ap basically honors, as well advances classes?</p>
<p>IB is better than AP. But if IB isn’t offered, then AP would be the best.</p>
<p>It would typically go (from -best): Team taught/remedial courses, on-level, honors, pre-AP, Gifted (which may be subjective), AP, and then IB. give and take which ever courses are actually offered at your school.</p>
<p>IB and AP superiority is argumentative. Both are the highest level courses one can take in the US though, whether you are an AP scholar, an IB diploma candidate, or an IB certificate kid.</p>
<p>I heard that colleges favor IB. Is that true?</p>
<p>I think if you complete the full IB diploma (with a decent score) …THEN I think you have an advantage. But if you are just going for IB certificates (taking the classes, but not TOK, CAS, etc), then it’s pretty much looked at as the same as AP.</p>
<p>HOWEVER…</p>
<p>As a parent who has had kids in the MYP (middle years program) of the IB (and who are now in a traditional/AP type environment) , I will say that I think the writing and analytical skills of the IB is an advantage. However, life isn’t all about that. HS and college both rely on multiple choice type tests that the IB frowns on. I also “frown” on MC tests, but recognize that they are just part of life and you have to learn to deal with them.</p>
<p>My older son (now a junior) can sit down with me and talk till he’s exhausted about the US History subject he is studying. BUt give him a MC test…and he freaks… because he is reading TOO much into each question.</p>