<p>By the end of my next year (senior year) I will have only taken 4 AP’s. My school is a private school with a dual curriculum so it’s kind of hard to take more because 1. the max is about 6-7 AP’s 2. I am in school from 7am to about 530-6 pm.</p>
<p>What is dual curriculum and what on earth do you do in school between 7 and 6??? Is it like a music conservatory kinda or a trade school!!!</p>
<p>Are you already trying for the hardest courses? If so, it shouldn’t be that bad. </p>
<p>SAT Reasoning and Subject Tests are weighted more heavily even though APs can be more rigorous.</p>
<p>Don’t forget ACT with writing. That test is also weighted pretty heavily</p>
<p>I’m in the exact same situation. Dual curriculum limits my AP potential so I will have only taken 6 by the time I graduate. All that matters is that you consistently took the hardest classes you could. I’ve been in high honors and AP for everything possible. The amount of APs is insignificant. If your school were to offer no APs colleges wouldnt care as long as you were in the highest and most difficult classes.</p>
<p>And for those that don’t know, Dual curriculum is when half the day is devoted to other studies, usually religious. I go to a Jewish private school. Class is from 8 am to 5:30 pm. Half that time is devoted to Judaic studies.</p>
<p>Its actually highly underrated. Its a very rigorous schedule and doesnt leave nearly enough free time to take 15+ APs like public school kids can. Its exhausting. Especially since I have to catch a bus. I wake up at 6 am and get home at 7 pm. Hopefully colleges understand how much work we put into school. Most Public School students don’t. Are you Jewish OP?</p>
<p>Regional admissions counselors should be familiar with your school, and if they are not, your school generally sends out a profile with your transcript that explains the school (like average number of APs taken, average SAT score, how many kids pass AP tests, how the GPA is figured, etc.). You can ask your counselor to see a copy of the profile.</p>
<p>i took 6 total and im going to dmouth next year so no</p>
<p>Its a jewish day school so we have the required classes like english math science etc + 17 hours of jewish studies a week</p>
<p>Staller i guess im in the same boat as you…where are you planning on appolying?</p>
<p>No, it’s not. I only took four AP classes (one my junior year and three my senior year), and I was accepted at Brown and several other highly selective colleges. I earned a 5 on my first AP exam and a 34 on my ACT, and I am a chancellor’s scholar at the university I will attend in the fall.</p>
<p>Your scores make up only a portion of the admission decision. It’s more about what you do with the opportunities that are available to you and balancing school with other activities that show commitment and leadership.</p>
<p>So far I took 2 APs (chem and US) and am predicting either two 4s or one 4 and a 5. I recently took the ACT and got a 31 but i will most probably retake it…I also plan on applying to Brown</p>
<p>Honestly, Ivy League acceptances are so random that you can only guess as to what they’ll think of your transcript/course selection. Don’t worry about it. Since you attend a private high school I think it’s fair to say that you already have a leg up on public school seniors. As long as you are working hard, colleges don’t care about the exact number of APs taken. Then again, you could easily take 12 APs and get rejected from every Ivy League that you apply to! Good luck next year :)</p>
<p>Well Yeshiva University is offering me a full scholarship. </p>
<p>But I hope to go to Princeton, Penn (which has a great Jewish community. Beautiful Hillel), Columbia (see Penn), or Cooper Union.</p>
<p>Penn is my number one choice. Great Jewish community.</p>
<p>If you don’t mind me asking what school are you in? (Im in Flatbush)</p>
<p>Cooper Union is a beautiful school. I’m there right now for a summer internship in chemical engineering. Princeton happens to be my dream school but I doubt i’ll get in.</p>
<p>I’m tight he said I’ve ONLY taken 6. CMON SON.</p>
<p>Oh I’m at TABC in Teaneck. You go to Flatbush? Were you at YUNMUN?</p>
<p>Oh I know that place. No when i went to try out I realized i would have a hard time devoting any time to it so i decided no to join.</p>
<p>Ah too bad. I met a lot of cool Flatbush people there.</p>
<p>Hi, I also go to flatbush, and I agree that dual curriculum is a major plus on college trasncripts and so 4 AP’s are a lot,</p>
<p>@staller</p>
<p>I hope to be at YUNMUM this year, and please give regards to Yakir Forman, total respect for his accomplishments in math and bible studies,</p>
<p>my name is yoni miller, and he knows from Olympiad,</p>
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<p>What the hell does that mean? the school you go to has no bearing on college admissions. It’s what you do at the school that counts. There is no “leg up” for going to a private school or else that would be socioeconomically unfair to the rest of public school kids. Also, many top schools have more students from public high schools than students from private high schools. To say that private high school kids have a leg up is to be snobbish and elite.</p>