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@samarra
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 • 4 years ago •
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Do senior year APs count as much?
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Will taking a lot senior year be able to make up for the other years?

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@Lebron
70 answers, 108 votes
 • 4 years ago

Senior APs do count. Colleges look at your senior courses to see that youre still taking challenging courses and your grades in your midyear report. If you take a lot, it won't necessarily make up for previous years. Don't take too many and overwhelm yourself but find a balance that works for you. Generally having 7+ AP courses makes you competitive for top universities.

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@DebaterMAX4 years ago [edited]

That’s 7 AP classes for the entire High school career and that’s for mid tier public schools that have around a60% admit rate.

@Maximillianmiz4 years ago

Actually Yesh Datar recommended 7+ for elite universities like the ivies in his profile review livestreams.

@DebaterMAX4 years ago

That’s generic and needs to be in context but for HYP you’d likely need more.

@DebaterMAX4 years ago

But can 7 get you into Darthmouth or Brown? Possible.

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@DebaterMAX
905 answers, 731 votes
 • 4 years ago

So if the school doesn’t offer a lot of AP in junior and below it will not be held against you at all. If you slacked junior and sophomore year it will help compensate but will likely not nullify it. (I can’t garuntee that but it seems likely)

Also everything is evaluated in context @Shaqoatmeal (employee of collegevine) said in another post schools typically send a “flyer” about your school which will list classes offered so if you took all 4 AP classes that were offered senior year that’s great but if you take 4 APs senior year when there were 20 offered you will be frowned upon. Also there is no magic number of AP classes to take but crsgo said something I agree with excluding APs that are in no way relevant ie AP Music and Art as a STEM major you should likely take 2-3rd to 3/4ths of all APs.

TLDR: It will compensate but will likely not nullify it.

Hope this helps and please comment if you need clarification as I’d be happy to help clarify!

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@Maximillianmiz4 years ago [edited]

I'd say 4 APs a year that is still quite impressive regardless of if your school offers 20 or only 4 APs. You just want to show colleges that you're challenging yourself and taking more APs senior year won't really make up for previous years. It will just show you waited until senior year to challenge yourself.

@DebaterMAX4 years ago

Sorry I meant only 4 throughout your entire highschool career.

@DebaterMAX4 years ago

And like maximillian said it will not nullify it but will likely counteract some of the lack of rigor.

@DebaterMAX4 years ago

Can someone explain why this is so down voted so I can correct it in the future?

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