<p>I opted for a regular-level social studies class over AP European History in tenth grade. At the time, I didn't think I was ready for it.</p>
<p>However, in my junior year, I took two AP classes (APUSH, AP Italian), and Reading/World Literature class, for which I had to get permission from my English teacher in 10th grade to gain entrance (I'd say this is what would be the class above honors, I guess. Only one other junior was in the class this year). My GPA did increase to a 3.8 from a 3.6 sophomore year.</p>
<p>So, to summarize:</p>
<p>1 honors class in 9th grade
1 honors class in 10th grade
2 AP classes and one college-level class in 11th
3 AP classes and one honors class in 12th grade.</p>
<p>Will not taking AP Euro hurt me for top 60 schools?</p>
<p>The question is how much you did to try an excel in your environment. If you came from a school where there were 20 aps and all sorts of honors classes offered, then you would be in trouble. If your curriculum was challenging by your school’s standards, you should be fine.</p>
<p>My junior year was as rigorous as it could be. I couldn’t fit in any other AP classes I think, and it is the reason I couldn’t take AP Physics, as it conflicted with AP Italian. Besides the one Social Studies class, and math(I don’t know if they’re considered Honors. We had to take the Regents in NY, so the “Honors” kids just took my classes (For example, I took Algebra II/Trig. in 11th grade, while they took it in tenth) one year earlier. I’ve been in the most rigorous course load as I could otherwise.</p>
<p>I mean universities in the top 60. I’m looking at schools like Syracuse, George Washington University, Fordham, Boston University, and as my reaches, NYU and BC.</p>
<p>I don’t think it would screw you over in the slightest. You only have to be on the “honors” track really intensely if you are gunning for “better” schools (where better means “needing to play the game a little more to get in” schools). A few friends of mine in exactly your position are going to just those schools you mentioned.</p>
<p>The way that you phrase your question just points to how you’re looking for some bit of confirmation that one, petty, negligible, paltry measly, trivial, minor, unimportant–where was i going with this again… oh yeah-- detail will not derail your entire college application. </p>
<p>while i can’t say this with 100% certainty, i have done a crude, statistical-hypothesis test:</p>
<p>Parameters: <em>^</em>make something^*<em>&</em>(( |||| up ^^^^&(&(
Hypotheses:
H0: “Chance of you getting accepted to college WITH euro” = “Chance you getting accepted to college WITHOUT euro”</p>
<p>HA: “Chance of you getting accepted to college WITH euro” > “Chance of you getting accepted to college WITHOUT euro”</p>
<p>Assumptions: we’ll just say all assumptions are valid for humor’s sake.</p>
<p>Name that test: COGIC (chances of getting into college) test </p>
<p>Test work: *CC-89 titanium edition has a program to take care of all of that</p>
<p>Obtain P-value: .1570795 (“have a pie” was too big, so have a 10th of half a pie instead)</p>
<p>Make conclusion: This p-value is too large to be significant within the alpha=.0005 significance range, therefore, I cannot reject the null hypothesis.</p>