Update Application with AP Classes?

nextstepcollege
Sat, 26 Oct 2019 17:26:42 +0000

skieurope:

he is essentially taking 3 AP classes

He is not “essentially” taking 3 AP classes. He either is or he isn’t. And if the class is not labelled AP on his transcript and the school has not gone through the AP audit, they are not AP classes, regardless of whether he will take the exam.If they are not official AP classes, then he listed them correctly. Not that it will make a big deal.

There needs to be no communication with an AO to explain college-level courses; they all know that AP/AP-equivalent/post-AP/DE/etc courses are rigorous.

If he listed on the application that he plans to take AP exams, there is nothing further to do. If he is planning to take AP exams that he did not list as planning to take, he can update the colleges. Again, not a big deal one way or the other, since “planning to do” is something most AOs don’t care about.

Thank you! This makes sense. We listed these courses on the common app under the category “IB”. Is this correct? There weren’t many categories to chose from, and this seemed the most appropriate. So, in your opinion, it will not make a difference either way for him to update the colleges and indicate he has registered for the 2 AP exams he is challenging?