Since some(all?) universities compare your workload to what’s offered at your school. If your school offered only one ap class and you took it, that would be mean you would be taking the hardest workload possible.
I mean compared with my friend, I took more ap classes because my school offered more, and we both got in (i got higher SAT also 200pts difference). And there are some schools where I got rejected whereas my friend got in.
It may come down to other factors such as essays and ECs, but I stressed way more than my friend.
<p>Grades and scores only get you over one hurdle. Often it is the intangible items that move an application from the admit to the waitlist/ deny pile. These things tend to be:
Recommendations, family back ground
GC’s relationship with the college
Was the school need blind in the admissions process?
Was the school need aware or need sensitive
what did your friend put down as a prospective major?
He could have very well had EC’s that were aligned with what the school was looking for in building their class.
Are either of you first generation college students.<br>
What do your parents do for a living?
What about your high school profile?<br>
What % of students graduate from your school and attend 4 year colleges?
What are the colleges that students from your school are likely to be admitted to?</p>