<p>My only APs will be in my Senior Year. For my F/S/J years, I was taking all of the honors classes in every subject, spare History in S/J years. And most of the other APs didn't interest me. But my senior year, I will be taking 4 APs in the subjects I wanted too. I didn't want to take an AP just to take an AP. I really wasn't interested in the others.</p>
<p>Also, will "unique" classes help me? I'm taking a 2 year Cisco Course (computer networking) and I'm taking the professional course offered by their Academy at my school. Will that look impressive or not?</p>
<p>It truly depends on what college you are looking at, and what APs your high school offers.</p>
<p>If your high school offers few APs in the first place and those honors were mostly the highest courses you could take--there's nothing to worry about.</p>
<p>On the other hand, if you passed all of your AP courses in favor of honors courses, you'll be labeled by admission committees as, "Not most rigorous classload," which won't kill you in not-very-selective colleges but can will probably defeat you for the most selective colleges.</p>
<p>As for looking impressive or not, it depends on how well you can explain that impressiveness on an essay.</p>
<p>I think as long as your school is one where honors are similar in workload/intensity to APs and as long as your schedule is rigorous in general, you should be fine.</p>
<p>Or at least I hope so, because I'm in the same boat. :)</p>
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<li><p>I think since you don't turn in your college apps until middle-close to the end of first semester, colleges will see how you are trying and taking AP's, 4 of them, which is a good amount for any year. </p></li>
<li><p>To the poster above, "suze," how you know she ain't going to a good top undergrad school. JUST BECAUSE THE IVY'S DON'T ACCEPT HER DOESN'T MEAN SHE CAN'T GET INTO A GREAT UNIVERSITY. </p></li>
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<p>My son took all honors courses but no AP courses until senior year in a private school in NJ. He was admitted to NYU, Boston College and a host of others.</p>