First, there are plenty of great colleges in the US that can give you a great education.
Second, it may hurt at the most highly-rejective colleges such as Brown: that top tier expects applicants to have challenged themselves in all areas, and a higher number of APs next year is not the solution to your choice to not take the highest level of math you could have. AOs don’t count APs, they look at core course progression in all areas in the context of what the hardest levels are available at your school. I think you should be true to yourself and find a college that fits you: it sounds as though you do not enjoy being challenged in areas that are less interesting to you , so it does not make a lot of sense that you would want to spend 4 yrs with a large percentage of peers who may not be a fit. Just because a small pile of schools get a lot of attention for being at the top of various lists does not make them good fits. They can be extremely bad fits due to the intensity & academic exuberance of the majority who attend.
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