<p>This week I am choosing my schedule for Senior Year. All of my core subjects this year (Jr. Year) are Honors, but I am not taking any AP classes Jr. year. I plan to take 2 or 3 AP classes (AP Calc, AP Statistics, ? AP US Government) Sr. year. Do I need 3 AP’s for USC admission or would 2 AP’s be enough? I’ll be taking Honors English and Honors Physics. My current weighted GPA is 4.3. I just took SAT’s for first time last week; I don’t have my scores back yet.</p>
<p>I only took two this year (AP Chemistry and US Government and Politics) and I was accepted with a trustee scholarship. Then again, my school only offers four and I took all of them throughout my high school career, so I think it is just about challenging yourself.</p>
<p>None are needed.</p>
<p>I have several friends who took none (even if their school offered them) and several friends who were in just regular level classes all the way through.</p>
<p>If you have decent SAT’s and a good GPA (which you do), then you’ll be fine.</p>
<p>All Honors still looks good.</p>
<p>I’d take the AP’s if I were you just for the college credit, USC has a lot of gen ed requirements and the more you can get out of the way, the better.</p>
<p>AU is exacty correct. My son is also a freshman at USC and he didn’t take any AP classes - EVER. It’s probably better to make A’s in CP classes than B’s in AP classes.</p>
<p>Your senior year of high school is the least important as far as getting into college. I know that comes as a shock, there are probably tons of kids thinking that they can pull up their gpa and academics their senior year, but thats not realistic.</p>
<p>Many colleges require that you submit your high school transcript prior to any grades being issued their senior year, so the colleges are basing their decisions upon everything up to but not including the senior year.</p>
<p>Maybe in a “iffy” case, it may be good if the transcript indicated that you were in some serious classes, but that would probably rarely make a difference.</p>
<p>If you are applying for honors or applying to other schools it may help to have more AP. Top schools and honors programs tend to look at whether or not you taken most rigorous coursework available. If you are going for general admission to USC and have good grades it may not matter. However, USC is very generous with AP credit for classes. 3 AP classes could get you anywhere from 9 to 18 hours depending on score (4,5 on BC Calc gets you 6 hours credit). These hours not only help with getting general requirements out of the way, but give you a leg up on football tickets and future class registration priority, so if they are doable I say go for it.</p>
<p>scmom12 has a good point. I didn’t mean to imply that anyone should blow off their hs senior year, just that taking a more rigorous curriculum that semester may not help one to get into a school that they otherwise wouldn’t have been accepted at.</p>
<p>Also, some colleges with specifically say in their acceptance letters that the acceptance is “conditional” upon the student completing his senior year of high school and making acceptable academic progress. When I went to college I had a buddy who quit high school after being accepted to college. Eventually the college found out about that and required that he get a GED before they would award him his college degree. Most colleges now require a final high school transcript before the student can enroll in classes. </p>
<p>My son’s high school had a duel enrollment program where you took classes at a local college and they counted for both high school and college. That may be a good option, in addition to or as an alternative to AP classes. the thing about AP classes is that you can do well in them, then blow the ap exam. At least with the duel enrollment classes you are guaranteed college credit if you make decent in the class.</p>
<p>Accepted today with no AP classes, </p>
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