AP Classes

What AP classes impress colleges the most? I’m having a hard time deciding what AP’s to take my senior year. I’m a Junior right now taking AP Psychology and AP US & VA History. I decided to take AP English Literature next year too.

That depends on what AP courses are offered at your school! What courses are available next for you? What are you interested in, or want to pursue in college? What impresses the college the most is you challenging yourself with courses that you care about. :slight_smile:

Selective colleges aren’t impressed with AP but use them as a proxy to estimate your ability to handle a rigorous schedule.
Typically, you need a few from AP English literature, AP English language, AP calculus (ab or BC’), AP chem, AP physics 1or2 or C, AP bio, AP foreign language, APUSH, AP euro, AP World.
Total from whole list should be 6-8 by graduation if available and you should not take an elective AP over a core honors class (or., Don’t take AP stats over honors precalculus, don’t take APES over regular or honors physics).

None.

You need to get the word “impress” out of your vocabulary as it relates to admissions. Said no AO ever: “OOOOh, that schedule is so impressive; let’s just admit him/her.”

Otherwise, I totally agree with @MYOS1634

Okay. Thank you for the feedback. I appreciate it.

Another way to look at AP courses is which ones can help earn me credits in college? If you earn a 4 or 5 on your exams, you may have the possibility of skipping the prerequisites in college or having those credits transfer over to your college transcript. I was able to do that with my AP Spanish credits at a UC.