<p>Let’s say by the time I graduate, I would have taken no AP classes, but have taken 15 honors classes. Also, by the time I graduate, I will be living in Tennessee.
I know that I will never get into any Ivy, but are good colleges still an option?</p>
<p>You’ll have plenty of options. Were APs unavailable to you, or did you elect not to take them?</p>
<p>I couldn’t take them because my home school is in Florida, but while I’m finishing school, I’ll be in Tennessee, so I wouldn’t be able to take AP exam.</p>
<p>There will be plenty of options. At my DD’s high school (huge school) there are several AP courses available, BUT there are many prerequisites to taking them.</p>
<p>So, if someone wanted to take AP Sociology, well, first they have to take Intro to Sociology. Then Honors Sociology. And then they can take AP Soc. If they want to take AP Chemistry, well then they first have to take Honors Chemistry. Since it’s a block schedule (only 4 classes), if someone wants to go this route, it doesn’t leave much room for other classes. Plus there are certain electives that are required (both fine arts and practical arts). But colleges get the high school profile and will know this.</p>
<p>My DD didn’t take any AP courses (the majority are English/Literature and that is not where her interests are), but she did take 4 honors courses (two which she is taking this year…Physics and Calculus).</p>
<p>She just got accepted ED to her top choice.</p>
<p>Since when does AP Sociology exist? I’ve never heard of it…</p>
<p>We can’t tell you colleges if we don’t know GPA, SAT/ACT, rank, etc. Plus, if you explain that you could not take the test, then that won’t hinder you.</p>
<p>If you took the hardest classes available to you, you will be fine.</p>
<p>Good colleges are still in your range my friend. Good luck!</p>
<p>Wait you didn’t take AP classes or exams?
You can take the class without taking the exam</p>
<p>But if I don’t take the exam, the AP classes wouldn’t matter. They would just show up as regular classes on my transcript.</p>
<p>If it’s listed and taught as an AP class, that would be on your transcript. The AP exam is separate and might get you college credit, but taking the class and learning the material is the value of the experience. Any college will like that, because college is an academic community where learning is a core value.</p>
<p>haileemackk -</p>
<p>If your school doesn’t offer any AP courses, or if the few AP courses that are offered are not ones that are meaningful for you, then it absolutely does not matter that you have no AP courses on your transcript, or AP exams in your exam history. Truly.</p>
<p>When you apply to college, your HS counselor will send a letter describing the program at your HS along with your transcripts. It will be very obvious if you have done the best with what you have had available to you. If the “top” institutions like you, they will like you, APs or no. Provided you have one or two rock-solid safeties that you can afford, where you know you will get in, that offer your major, and that you would be happy to attend if you have no other affordable options, you are golden. An affordable admission anywhere else is pure gravy. Identify a safety or two, and build your list upward from there.</p>
<p>Wishing you all the best!</p>
<p>Crimson: Sorry…that should be Psychology. But the same thing applies for our school (first into, then honors, then AP).</p>