Schedule Competitvness for College

skieurope
Tue, 31 Jul 2018 14:24:59 +0000

11 AP classes is more than competitive. After 6-8, the law of diminishing returns kicks in.

taking the SAT chem test to partially make up for the lack of the AP class.

Take the Subject Test if you want, but don’t take it to “make up” for anything. No college expects you to take every AP science class.

my school does not allow

Every AO knows that high schools often have rules on number of APs or when they can be taken. No applicant will be dinged for that.

That said, if the school does not “allow” (and I’m not sure how they can make that a rule, but that’s a different topic) you to take any AP English exams until you have taken both AP courses, then the GC should make this clear in his/her rec. An AO may (and I emphasize “may”) wonder why you have a class and no corresponding exam. I’d also say that I think that rule is stupid - AP Lang and AP Lit cover different topics and the exams are totally different. But I digress.