<p>My school is notorious for restricted admission. REAALY restricted. they are afraid if it was open admission or was eaier to get into, sum jackass would come in and ruin our reputation for excelling in the AP Exams.
I was rejected from numerous AP classes. DO colleges know this about schools?
also, the newsweek put us in 170 sumthin and they did not take into account restricted admission to AP’s. will this lower my chances for schools like UC’s</p>
<p>it should…</p>
<p>is this a private school?</p>
<p>it is not private school. wait corharcol, so it will lower my chances even though im put at a huge disadvantage versus people who have open admissions?</p>
<p>bump???</p>
<p>the newsweek list means nothing…so that isn’t going to hurt</p>
<p>As for the APs, what percentage can take them at your school? Can you take AP exams and self study? </p>
<p>Are the pre-reqs for admission into AP classes that strict? Like what?</p>
<p>Can you take honors classes? Can you push to get into AP’s? What has counselor said? </p>
<p>If not, I would find a way to take a college class or something to makeup for not being allowed to take APs</p>
<p>it is extremely strict. EXTREMELY. The GPA requirement is 3.8 weighted jus to apply to the class. then the next step is to get 2 teacher recommendation. after that there is a essay test requirement. after that your name is posted up on a board to tell who made the cut. then after that, they check if you are in honors english. if you are, you are in.
the honors classes are easier to get into because all you need to do is get an A in reg. I have taken 3 college courses and self studied AP Bio and AP Psych</p>
<p>I wouldn’t stress too much then. You are doing all you can. And the colleges know the High Schools, especially the tougher ones.</p>
<p>Your school sounds like so much fun ;)</p>
<p>^ hahahaha thanx citygirlsmom.</p>
<p>I just have to say that it is totally wrong for a school to do that. It is not <em>that</em> hard to do well on an AP exam for them to restrict classes that much. If you study and/or are very intelligent, you can do well in the class and the exam. Some people may be amazing at some subjects like say math and science but not as good in others and that could bring down their gpa, and to not allow them to take something like AP Calc or Chem is just mean. I mean, teacher recs and an essay to get into a class? Weird, ive never heard of that before. I would try to change the rule first of all, I don’t know, start a petition/talk to school administrators, get parents involved, whatever, to try to let more people take it. Don’t let them rule your life, if you want to take an AP test, take it and if they won’t let you do it at the school, then take it somewhere else. At my school, students do very well on the AP’s and there are no special requirements besides a teacher rec and you can still get in without it. I don’t see why it should be that different otherwise especially when it plays such a role in college decisions. I sympathise with you though, that school’s policy is very unfair.</p>
<p>If the restrictions are so strict, then it is likely that few students will have more than 3-4 AP classes. I would ask your GC two important questions: (1) what is the average number of AP classes taken by the students who apply to and get into the type of schools you are interested in (2) how would the GC rate your curriculum on applications (i.e., is it “toughest possible” “highly difficult,” etc.) I would also ask to see a copy of the school profile your school sends to colleges and universities, it should mention things like average number of SATs taken, pass rates, etc.</p>