<p>I got my AP European history score back and apparently I got a 2 on it. On top of this I am going to be a senior next year and it seems that when I graduate I only have taken 2 AP classes (1 in History and 1 in Calculus). The reason I took so little AP classes is because most of the APs offered at my school are APs in the humanities and I am really a math/science person and not a humanities person, hence my AP history score. The other reason is because there is no AP class in the language I take, and the AP science classes in my school require a lot of requisite courses which I don’t have.</p>
<p>^ That wasn’t so nice, was it?</p>
<p>I know a couple of people who’ve only taken 2 AP classes. All you have to do is get good SAT/ACT scores and good grades and then you’re fine.</p>
<p>I agree with FantasyVesperia. APs may have very little effect on your chances to get into a good college. On the other hand, taking a few SAT IIs in the Math/Sciences will definitely strengthen your portfolio.</p>
<p>Taken AP’s v. AP Offered … that’s a big deal and that will reflect in course rigor. </p>
<p>But conversely, you said you’re STEM? If you’re applying to An ex: Urbana’s engineering school (very competitive) and they see your 5 in Calc, and 750+ math SAT 33-34 ACT Math score, they won’t hold humanities against you much.</p>
<p>Never forget the fact that you neglected to take the more rigorous course load and that will probably count against you for some higher tiered schools. </p>
<p>oooo SAT II’s ^^^ thanks</p>
<p>Take Math II and a science, see what schools will take those into account, some might require them.</p>
<p>It won’t affect it if you apply to a Community College now will it? :)</p>
<p>As long as you have enough extracurricular activities, good grades, and standardized tests, you should be just fine! don’t sweat it.</p>
<p>You claim that you are a science/math person, but you also say that “the AP science classes in my school require a lot of requisite courses which I don’t have”. Why? You are a rising senior and you should have taken the prerequisites.</p>
<p>I’d think that adcoms will perceive this as your lack of efforts to take advantage of your environment. You chance at elite colleges will be slim at best, regardless of your test scores.</p>
<p>@PCHope The reason I haven’t taken any AP science courses is because in my school in order to take an AP science you have to take the regular version of that science. (ie. To enter AP Physics you need to take regular physics). In my school the curriculum makes it so that in freshmen year you take Integrated science and so the next 3 years are dedicated to taking the 3 main science classes (Biology, Physics, and Chemistry). The only way to enter into an AP class is to either drop one of the sciences (Phys, bio, chem) which I can’t because it is required in many colleges or to take a placement exam way back in 8th grade to get exempted from taking integrated science which I missed the placement exam date way back in 8th grade. When I graduate I’ll have taken Integrated Science, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics.</p>
<p>You better explain the situation in your applications then. The adcoms would most likely look at the numbers of AP offered against the numbers of AP you have taken. It won’t be in your favor on paper.</p>
<p>^^^ your school must suck /: my school just lets kids in who are going to fail it anyway lmao</p>
<p>Yeah make sure to explain that in order to complete the required years of science I, II, III you couldn’t take AP physics.</p>
<p>^^The thing is that I go to a small school^^
The APs my school offers are </p>
<p>AP English Literature
AP English Language
AP World
AP US
AP Euro (I took this and failed the exam)
^All humanity classes, which I’m not to great at^
AP Art (Requires regular art, which I don’t have)
AP Chemistry (look above)
AP Physics (look above)
AP Calculus AB/BC (I am taking this)
AP Spanish (I don’t take Spanish, I take a different language)</p>
<p>They offer 10 total APs, 2 do not apply to me (art and spanish).
If they offered it and if they didn’t have strict requirements I would have taken an AP language and AP Physics or Chem.</p>
<p>Like the other posted remarked: “It doesn’t look good on paper” </p>
<p>And that’s true. It doesn’t /: </p>
<p>I’m assuming you’re hopefully decided on a STEM major, that when you explain that in order to take all of the sciences you couldn’t take the AP sciences you might be given some leeway. Ask your counselor how rigorous your courseload is as it pertains to the common app question about it.</p>
<p>^^Is there a place on the application to write that stuff in or do you have to personally ^^ notify them by phone or something?</p>
<p>I am so screwed, then. My school offers about 15-20 APs and I’ve only taken two of them (I’m an incoming senior). That said, the reason isn’t that I wanted an easy course load; it’s that most APs either have strict entrance requirements (typically an honors-level class first) and that I didn’t have time to focus too much on individual subjects since not taking, for example, honors physics for the sake of being able to say I’d taken AP Chem when I’d already taken honors just didn’t seem like a good choice. There are only so many periods in the day. At my school, which is otherwise quite competitive, it’s basically unheard of for people to take more than one or MAYBE two APs before junior year or more than eight or nine in total (including senior year).</p>