<p>AP scheduling question here:
At my school, AP tests are not offered/allowed until 10th grade. In 10th grade, only one course is offered, AP Euro. In my 10th grade year, I did not take Euro, but instead Honors Modern World History, along with the rest of my courses (all honors). This year (11th grade), I am taking four APs and an honors course, which is the most available, and next year, I will be taking five or six APs. </p>
<p>My question is:
Will colleges think I chose the “easy way out” in my sophomore year because I did not take the only AP class offered?</p>
<p>Sorry for the somewhat long post, I’ve just been wondering about this for a while now so an answer would be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>They are probably going to make much less of an issue of it than you have. It’s one class sophomore year, come on.</p>
<p>Should not matter at all as long as you take a good amount of AP classes junior and senior year (say 8-9 total) – especially some of the rigorous ones like Physics C or Cal B/C.</p>
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I agree. </p>
<p>If you’re targeting the really insanely competitive colleges and universities (e.g., Ivies, Northwestern, MIT, Amherst), you need an academic record good enough that it keeps you in the running for admission until the point where they decide that everyone left is academically well qualified, and they start basing their decisions on factors other than grades and test scores (i.e., teacher recommendations, essays, extracurricular accomplishments, etc.). One AP class in the 10th grade probably doesn’t make any important difference here.</p>
<p>If you’re not targeting the really insanely competitive colleges and universities, then your program of study is plenty rigorous.</p>
<p>Thanks guys! That’s a load off my chest!</p>