How do colleges view honors classes? If I take mostly honors classes and 1 AP as a junior, do they see me as not challenging myself?

You are doing fine considering that you are not targeting top schools. One of my kids did what you did - mostly honors, one AP junior year and three senior year. She was accepted to every college she applied to including one in the top 40. My son only took one AP class total in high school and that was AP Gov which people here tend to put down as a lesser AP. Both my kids chose to attend the University of Pittsburgh. My son is currently a sophomore there. You don’t need a ton of APs if you aren’t targeting top schools.

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