I’m taking an advanced zoology course my senior year for my career but it doesn’t say neither honors or AP. I was wondering if colleges would be able to see that it is an advanced course and is considered higher like an AP. My counselor says it doesn’t matter if it is a career course but because of this class I am only able to take 2 APs which is really bothering me because I don’t want universities to think I’m slacking off my senior year. I had to fill out an application and everything just to get into the class so I don’t think I’m going to drop it but I would like to know if colleges wouldn’t see that it is a higher level class.
My school district offers Zoology, but as a non-weighted, 1/2 yr. college-prep course known as “Lab Zoology”. This course would just be counted as an elective in my district.
Your problem sounds like two of the courses at my high school: Advanced Creative Writing and Advanced Drama. Even though “Advanced” is in the course title, these two courses are not weighted as “Honors” and they are weighted as regular courses.
If you go to the Common Application and fill out the courses that you are taking senior year, you have the option to identify the course as accelerated, AP, Honors, IB, or Dual Enrollment (I don’t know what category your class would fall into)
I would e-mail the college admissions officers at the colleges you are applying to and ask them about how they view Advanced Zoology (if it’s a higher level class or not).