<p>Hi! So here are my schedules for junior and senior year (I’m a rising senior)</p>
<p>Jr:
AP Calc AB
AP Psych
APUSH
Theology
Latin III
Orchestra
Hon Physics (School does not offer AP Physics B)
Hon English
Health</p>
<p>Sr:
AP Calc BC
AP Lit
AP Bio
AP Physics C
Hon Comp Science
Hon Latin IV
Orchestra
Theology
Health</p>
<p>Is the number of AP classes a factor in college admissions? I could switch Hon Computer Science for AP Music Theory, but Computer Science definitely pertains more to my interests (the sciences). </p>
<p>No. Some schools offer no AP’s and they send students to many fine schools. It all depends on the context of your own school. If your GC rates your schedule as "most rigorous"on the Secondary School Report, you are fine. Your schedule looks fine to me, and as long as you are challenging yourself, you should tailor your schedule to your interests, not to the hypothetical wishes of colleges.</p>
<p>SkiEurope is correct, but let me phrase it another way. College’s do not penalize student’s if their school doesn’t offer AP courses, nor do they expect students to self study for AP courses if their high school doesn’t offer them. </p>
<p>That said, if your high school offers many AP courses, colleges expect students to take many AP’s – and everything is relative. At Boston Latin High School, for example, students are limited to taking 3 AP courses a year in only their junior and senior years. So, selective colleges looking at Boston Latin students expect them to have taken the maximum load of 6 AP courses. On the other hand, if a student attended Stuyvesant High School, 6 AP’s would be considered a light load because the top 10% of students take 8 to 9 AP’s and the top 1% of students take 10 or more AP’s. Without knowing what other college bound student’s at your high school are taking, or the college’s on your list, it’s impossible to know if your course load is appropriate or whether it will be a factor in Admissions. I would suggest that you have a conversation with your guidance counselor, as SkiEurope said, they are the ones who will be rating the rigor of your course load.</p>
<p>Your schedules look fine, my only advice would be to consider AP Lang over AP Lit if it’s available simply because it will lessen your workload without lowering your rigor. Do not add an AP class you don’t care about just to increase your count, Hon Comp Science is just fine, especially with what you already have.</p>
<p>Thank you for your advice! My school offers 15 APs, but the only one that would fit into my schedule is AP Music Theory (we’re a rather small school and therefore there’s only 1 section of most AP classes). </p>
<p>FWIW: Many colleges don’t believe that strongly in AP Psych. I believe HYPSM does not give credit or acceleration credit for AP Psych. Some do not for AP Music Theory or CS 1. They do for Chemistry and Foreign Language – neither of which I see on your course list.</p>
<p>Look at the schools you are applying to and consider your intended major - see if they offer credit for one or the other, and then see what score must be earned on the respective test to earn credit.</p>
<p>As many college’s consider AP Psych to be “AP Lite” you might want to see about switching to AP Chem instead of AP Psych. I would keep AP Physics C.</p>
<p>I already took AP Psych haha- my junior year schedule is the schedule I already had. I was going to take AP Chem junior year, but it was not able to fit in my schedule. </p>
<p>Considering you already had an Honors Physics class, if you have not had a Chem class before, AP Chem would be a nice add over AP Physics C. And I say that as a big advocate of Physics C - but sometimes having all three of the sciences is more important. The only problem might be taking AP Chem without a prior Chem class can be a bit daunting, but it’s do-able. If you’ve already had a Chem class, then either AP Chem or Physics is interchangeable, take the one you like more.</p>