<p>wait, does art history really not look so good? bc i thought it counted as a history…</p>
<p>@ z, yes i have taken AP music theory and aced it, don’t have perfect pitch. The reason why I said playing an instrument is important because many already require them to learn theory on the side. If someone’s been playing piano for their whole life, and haven’t touched on theory, then their piano teacher doesn’t know what he/she is doing because theory is just as important as performance.</p>
<p>I disagree with grade inflati0n: AP Art History is a pretty rigorous course–especially in terms of the amount of homework. Not only do you have to memorize all of the art work (AND dates), but you also have to understand the historical trends and significances that apply to each piece of work. Trust me, it’s more work than one may think! (The exam is easy, but you really have to study for it!) I can’t comment on AP Music Theory because I haven’t taken it, but I hear that it’s no walk in the park either. I would just caution people before they start labeling AP classes “easy” or “hard.” They’re all hard to some degree. It just depends on the type of learner you are.</p>
<p>But to answer the OP’s question: I am almost certain that colleges just want to see whether or not you challenged yourself throughout high school. If you took the AP class and SUCCEEDED, that’s all that really matters.</p>
<p>Bescraze: “Let me just tell you what is not regarded as highly. Art History, Ap american/comparative gov, Economics, Environmental Science, Art history (and all art), Phsycology…thats pretty much it all the rest are good”</p>
<p>That is a pretty ridiculous generalization for you to make. It completely depends on your interests. It also has alot to do with how the course is taught at your school. I’m a student taking AP Art Portfolio and AP Calc and AP Physics. And sure concepts are harder in the latter two than Art, but in no way can you say the workload is one bit easier. There are numerous pieces of Art that must be completed in a certain concentration field. As with Art History, which is one of the most rigorous courses taught at our school. Speak for yourself. It has alot to do with how well you do in the classes you challenge yourself in.</p>
<p>ap physics
ap euro
ap eng lit
any ap language lit
ap calc</p>
<p>would regular calculus look bad then? or just not as good as ap calc? colleges def wanna see calc tho, right?</p>
<p>Posts 17, 19, 23, and 24 appear to be among the few who know what they’re talking about. The OP is clueless. </p>
<p>Depends on the school/course/teacher. And absolutely depends on the intended major, as someone said.</p>
<p>I hope that anyone on this forum basing their high school course selection on how something “looks” to an admissions committee gets into none of their preferred colleges. Fortunately, most of the time the committee can spot a candidate who stacks their courses with “impressive” courses but lacks focus, purpose in those choices. It’s laughable that some of you think that you’ll stand out by subscribing to the same AP-mania that thousands of other students believe will get them “noticed.” Most of the time it gets people waitlisted at their favorites. The people who get admitted are those with a strong sense of individuality, a course list that matches that, and integrity in their essays.</p>
<p>eiphany thats just impossible. there is NO way in hell that adcoms are gonna analyze and figure out which APs are best in URE school so in terms of looking good it does not really depend.
And my schedule is very focused. but i’m in between a couple classes and i see no problem with picking out of those whichever one looks better if i’d be interested in them all the same. duh. i don’t like you.
p.s. look at my “help w/ senior schedule” post if you don’t believe my sched is focused…judgemental ppl are stupid. then again why do i even care what some random person on the internet thinks so i guess i’m not that smart either haha</p>
<p>I think AP Calc, Physics, Chemisty, Lit, Euro, and the languages are generally seen as the hardest. However wes, I saw your schedule and for what you want to do, I think it looks good.</p>
<p>Look at post #7…</p>
<p>While courses like AP Art History, AP Music Theory, AP Psych, AP Stats, and others can be challenging and worthwhile courses, they DO NOT SUBSTITUTE for AP Calc, AP Lit, AP Chem, AP Bio, AP US History, AP French, etc…most selective colleges want to see students challenging themselves in their 5 cores - English, mathematics, social studies (read: history), foreign language, and lab sciences. </p>
<p>A class may not be particularly challenging for an individual student just because there is an “AP” designation in front of the course title; not having the AP designation does not necessarily mean that a course will not be challenging…</p>
<p>ap calc bc, physic, chem and the other math / sciences are generally thought of to be the most difficult, however i would definitely say that things like ap [any language] or ap music theory would be very impressive…these are all the aps where you need to thoroughly grasp concepts to do well – in things like history, lit, etc you can study hard and do really well…with the others you really need to “get it” or you’re dead in the water</p>