Coursework: AP Courses or Honors Business Courses

thinkumo
Sat, 12 Dec 2015 03:41:52 +0000

I would go for the AP to show rigor. You don’t need to tailor your coursework to business if you can back up the interest in another way (extracurriculars, personal projects, competitions, etc.). The difficulty between honors and AP does differ by school, but AP is generally accepted as more difficult.

My school has no business program and the closest I’ve gotten to business courses is AP Economics (which is in the social studies department) and AP Computer Science (if you count comp sci as business). I took 1 AP freshman year, 2 sophomore year, 8 (all AP) junior year, and am taking 8 this year. So just looking at my transcript, you wouldn’t be able to tell I was into business at all, but you could tell I was able to get an A in any subject and could handle a heavy load of work. I backed up my lack of business interest with strong FBLA involvement (up to national level) and I just got accepted into Wharton.

And, of course, it helps your class rank and weighted GPA. Yes, it’s a lot of work – but if you have the drive and can manage your time, it shouldn’t be a problem. Push yourself to your limits and show them exactly how hard you want this. I had people who told me I was insane for wanting to take 8 APs my junior year. Sometimes you have to be a bad listener

If you want to talk more or bounce your ideas off of someone, feel free to message me privately and I can give you my e-mail! I can give my two cents but it all comes down to what you want to do. Best of luck.