<p>My high school offers a grand total of 10 Honors courses and 1 AP course. We have several sports, but our only clubs are ASL club, French club, NHS, Pacific Islanders club, Anime club, Interact club, and Environmental club. We have nothing else.</p>
<p>My credentials in terms of Honors/AP classes, as well as my list of ECs, suck. They suck in a very big way. </p>
<p>How heavily do colleges consider what your options were, as opposed to what's actually on the paper? How is the school rated, as opposed to you?</p>
<p>I'm terribly disappointed with my applications...they look suitable for a state college, and not much else. But what else could I do, when there were no other options available? How do I let a college know that kind of information?</p>
<p>Colleges won`t penalize you because your school did not offer many AP courses. As long as you take the most challenging courseload (in your case, 1 AP course+ as many honors classes as possible), then you will be fine.
However, to show that you are willing to challenge yourself, I suggest you take some courses outside of school, such as online or at a community college. This will work in your favor.
As far as EC`s go, just do the best you can. Are you passionate about something? If you are, perhaps you could start a club. </p>
<p>Your GC will mention your school<code>s profile, and the profile will list the courses offered at your school. So don</code>t worry, you won<code>t be penalized. Just do the best you can, and ask your GC to emphasize on the rec that you didn</code>t have many opportunities, but you challenged yourself nevertheless. Good luck.</p>