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I did better in my AP Classes than I did in my honors classes
2016senior
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I gota 96 in APUSH, 91 in AP Language and Comp, 94 in AP Physics 1 compared to a 86 in honors pre-calc and pre-ap spanish. What would colleges look at this as? (First math course i finished with below a 90 and Spanish is about the same i get every year) Will this be a knock they can use against me or will this help me as it shows I put more effort into the harder courses?
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Replies to: I did better in my AP Classes than I did in my honors classes
Also, junioritis isn't a thing, so the bad grades are due to laziness. If you want to be competitive, you can't be a slacker and just expect colleges not to care.
I don't know about your AP classes but my AP classes rarely gave homework(one packet a week that's all) like a true college class. Maybe it will show colleges you're more ready for college courses?
If I were an admissions officer, I would look to see if the classes are actually hard by asking the school's GC and compare the percentage of A's of Honors Pre-Calc with the percentage of A's in APUSH for example.