Going to be a junior next year with 1 AP course...?

skieurope
Thu, 19 Apr 2018 14:24:53 +0000

do you think I’m at a disadvantage since I’ll be taking a ton of community college courses over very few APs?

No

I do plan on taking a few APs in my senior year, but I’m worried that won’t impress colleges enough.

Applicants (and their parents) need to eliminate the word “impressive” from their vocabulary until after decisions are made. It is the rare application/course schedule/EC that will “impress” admissions. Perhaps the AO that read Malala’s application was “impressed” but she set the bar high.

I’ll probably have a total of 5 APs

Plus some CC courses. Once you get to 6-8 AP courses, or their equivalent (which includes college courses), additional advanced courses will not add appreciably to the college application.