<p>I think you need others to weigh in on no AP’s for senior year. Most schools want to see rigor including senior year and USC is no exception. As long as you make decent grades in the AP classes, I think it looks better to have them than not if being compared to others who do have APs senior year. </p>
<p>That said, here’s an excerpt re: AP/IB from that link I posted above:
“We encourage all students to challenge themselves in the classroom. Taking challenging courses in high school prepares a student for the rigors of college classes and also helps develop consistent study habits. … There is no “set” number of advanced courses that we’re looking for. Rather, we want to see that the student has succeeded in their own academic environment. When a student applies, we evaluate his or her transcript solely on performance in courses that we require. We do weight honors, AP, IB, and dual enrollment courses separately.”</p>