<p>I am an immigrant who came to the U.S 4 years ago without any prior knowledge of English. I was put into an ESL class when I first got here. I managed to pass the state exam by the end of my freshman year and enrolled in regular English during my sophomore year. By the end of my sophomore year, I decided to stay in regular english for another year as I, though had improved significantly in English, wasn’t sure that I was ready for AP English (my school doesn’t offer Honor English to Juniors - just regular and AP).
I will be taking AP English for my senior year but don’t know how much of a negative impression would taking regular English create to the AdComs of the top 20 schools. All of my other classes are the toughest ones that my school has to offer. I took extra AP classes in other subjects to keep up with my GPA and currently rank #1 at my school.</p>
<p>Yeah don’t take regular english. I think this is kinda self explanatory, take the hardest classest you can, if English is not your first language, taken AP English would be an impressive feat, especially if you do well in it. Even if you don’t, Adcoms would probably see that your an international (?) student that needed to take the TOEFL. They like to see you challenge yourself like that.</p>
<p>you don’t need a billion APs…</p>
<p>You’re fine…</p>