<p>Hi! I'm a sophomore in high school, last year I finished the year 4th in my class of 350. I am currently taking AP Chemistry.
I am planning on taking AP English Language and AP Statistics next year, and then AP English Literature and AP Calculus Senior year.
I also want to take AP U.S Gov/Politics one of those years.</p>
<p>I would like to know, what sciences and histories do colleges "want" or "expect" from a potential student? </p>
<p>I am debating whether or not to take AP Physics, because it is the hardest AP class at my school, and it is everyday for the whole year which means I would have to drop Latin. I would take AP Environmental instead, but I've heard that its very easy and colleges don't think high of it. Is that true? Which one should I take?</p>
<p>Lastly, do colleges think anything of AP Psychology? Should I consider taking it Senior year?</p>
<p>I do many after school activities (band, photography, church volenteering, literary magazine, tennis, folk dancing), so I don't want my workload to stress me out too much.</p>
<p>It depends on your major! If you are going to major in Physics or something related, it would probably be good to have AP Physics. If you are going to major in English, AP English would be useful. But, you should want to take the classes that follow your major anyway!</p>
<p>Just take what you think you can handle and would enjoy, don’t worry about what colleges think.</p>
<p>I’m thinking about majoring in mathematics or education, probably a minor in education. I hear Physics is mostly math, even though it’s under Science. Would I have to take it?</p>
<p>Colleges like to see AP Bio, AP Chem, AP Physics, AP Calc, AP English, AP Language as a gauge of the most rigorous academic schedules your high school offers.
IMHO, I think you should take the APs junior year that you want the AP scores to be on your college application to boost your chances.
Junior year take AP Calc, AP Physics, AP English and AP foreign language if you qualify.
You want scores of 5s to bump your transcript especially if want to major in math.
Your SAT I/ACT and SAT II subject tests should include Math II and a science subject test</p>
<p>My problem is my school only allows us to take 8 credits (8 whole year courses) each year, which I must have .5 for P.E and 1 for band. That leaves about 6 core classes. We don’t have AP languages, so thats out of the question.</p>
<p>I feel like I shouldn’t take AP Bio because it has nothing to do with what I would be majoring in.</p>
<p>It’s foolish to think that colleges only desire certain AP’s. You are supposed to take the most rigorous schedule possible (that you can handle) all four years. If that means you can’t fit in AP Gov, fine. But this won’t penalize you any way that skipping AP Psych wouldn’t.</p>
<p>An AP is an AP. Ranking them 1-33 is a CC phenomenon.</p>
<p>Of course, this doesn’t always hold true. Most schools expect all business/engineering majors to take AP Calc and Physics (High School or Higher).</p>
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<p>This is a horrible mentality. When it comes down to it they probably won’t care about half your EC’s either, so if you don’t love them why do them?</p>
<p>I don’t know what colleges you’re considering but if you’re aiming for HYPSM be aware that they will see right through the “I went through high school doing only what colleges like”.</p>
<p>Take the AP’s you are genuinely interested in. If you want to add in extra AP’s because the high school equivalent isn’t mentally demanding enough (i.e. Physics vs AP Physics) you should take those as well.</p>
<p>That being said, for a Math major I don’t see why you wouldn’t enjoy physics b; or perhaps find it easier than ap enviromental altogether.</p>
<p>I’ve heard from many different people and forums that colleges look at certain AP’s differently than others, so I was just wondering what would be the best to take.</p>