What AP Exams to take that colleges weigh more heavily than others?

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<p>I'm taking AP Chem, AP English Language, APUSH this year.
Good or not good? (As in if you were a relatively smart student and you want to get the grades and test scores settled as you try to beef up your resume, would you do this?)</p>

<p>Senior year, I'm taking AP English Literature, AP Econ/Gov, AP Calculus-did I spell that correctly, brain's dead-(Which is harder Calculus AB or BC?) and maybe AP Physics or something else.
Good or not good? (Same as to the question above)</p>

<p>Which one do you think/know that colleges especially like if you get a 5 on? I'm going to concentrate on everyone of them but it's nice to know :)
Thanks</p>

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<p>Many colleges I know of prefer Calc BC to AB, apparently BC is more challenging. Definitely take English and other languages, and more difficult science and math. Basically, if the title sounds rather easy, colleges are going to care less about it. They won’t care as much about human geography as they will about calculus, for example.</p>

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<p>By the way, what is APUSH?</p>

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<p>Calculus BC includes the Calculus AB material plus some additional material.</p>

<p>Most universities give more credit for Calculus BC compared to Calculus AB (e.g. two semesters of freshman calculus for BC versus one semester of freshman calculus for AB).</p>

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<p>@hoopser: APUSH is AP US History =)</p>

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<p>Oh, duh. I probably should have realized that. Haha</p>

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<p>If you’re taking only 3 APs, then those three are good tests to take. If your school offers more APs, consider taking another this year. If not, that’s fine.</p>

<p>For senior year, those are good APs. Calculus BC is harder than AB since it contains more topics, but neither is very hard. BC looks better than AB. Physics is also a good one to take.</p>

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<p>I think a 5 on AP Chem definitely looks impressive, but that may be just me.</p>