How Would Colleges View taking Acadec over an AP course?

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I think that Academic Decathlon, along with AP Euro, makes him stand out MORE than taking AP Psychology or AP Government.
You should be aware the AP Euro is typically much more time consuming than AP Psychology or Government. There is more reading. However, it dovetails with the Academic Decathlon team and will prepare him for studying the humanities in college much more than these other courses.
I would absolutely encourage my student to forego one or two of these other AP courses, even Statistics which is not at all challenging for a kid who was able to take Calc as an 11th grader and is NOT the equivalent of a college stats course at all, to take the combination of Academic Decathlon and AP Euro. This will do a lot more for the intellectual development of your son than these other AP courses.

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<p>I agree with this. </p>

<p>Mimk6, My S was forced to take AP Physics with an awful teacher or not take the subject at all, and it was NOT a pleasant experience. The teacher was eventually fired, since everyone knew he was terrible, but the kids in by S’s class–a very high-achieving group-- actually wrote a letter to the administration complaining about him. My S was another kid who did well in all of the AP sciences and Calc BC, but whose real interests lay in the humanities. He loved AP Euro. I have the impression that AP Psych is not regarded highly among the social sciences.</p>