Dropping AP classes throughout high school years, does it look bad?

MYOS1634
Fri, 15 Nov 2013 13:09:38 +0000

See if your high school may offer a half-year AP course such as AP microeconomics (or AP Macro) that you could take in the Spring.Then you’d take the other half Fall of Senior year + another AP, and your problem would be solved. Or do you have a high-level language that would allow you to jump into AP?
No AP Junior year is a red flag if you have 3.7+ - that you chose the less challenging path.
It doesn’t matter if you’re aiming for your flagship university, where Honors and a high GPA are perfectly good. But if you’re aiming for Top 25 universities/LACs, that will seriously hurt you. Ideally, for these colleges, you would have 4-6 AP classes if your high school offers them, or the maximum if your school offers fewer.