AP classes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid is on track to have the following number of AP classes:
9th— 0
10th— 3
11th— 5-6
12th— 4-5

My question is: if a kid is not playing to major in science/engineering, do they need to take at least one AP science class to get into a decent college? What if they have 10-12 APs, but none are science? With AP science taking two periods, scheduling becomes difficult.

What do you take instead? Is there a non-AP science elective at a normal school?

Yes. For example, ecology & astronomy are non-AP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All of the flailing around trying to get students’ profiles to be razor sharp is for a tiny % of the colleges in the country. The vast majority—including some schools everybody has heard of—would be just fine with a kid taking 2 APs senior year.

Please name a few of these colleges. I don't know of any that my junior is considering that would be OK with what you describe.

You & junior probably think only the top 1 or 2% of colleges are worth a look. You’re missing a lot of options that don’t have the high cost, pressure, or insanity of the usual suspects in the northeast.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid is on track to have the following number of AP classes:
9th— 0
10th— 3
11th— 5-6
12th— 4-5

My question is: if a kid is not playing to major in science/engineering, do they need to take at least one AP science class to get into a decent college? What if they have 10-12 APs, but none are science? With AP science taking two periods, scheduling becomes difficult.

What do you take instead? Is there a non-AP science elective at a normal school?

Yes. For example, ecology & astronomy are non-AP.

I've only seen astronomy as an alternative version of physics (Physics with Astronomy), not an additional class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All of the flailing around trying to get students’ profiles to be razor sharp is for a tiny % of the colleges in the country. The vast majority—including some schools everybody has heard of—would be just fine with a kid taking 2 APs senior year.

Please name a few of these colleges. I don't know of any that my junior is considering that would be OK with what you describe.

You & junior probably think only the top 1 or 2% of colleges are worth a look. You’re missing a lot of options that don’t have the high cost, pressure, or insanity of the usual suspects in the northeast.

Thse options also don't have the employment prospects of those schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All of the flailing around trying to get students’ profiles to be razor sharp is for a tiny % of the colleges in the country. The vast majority—including some schools everybody has heard of—would be just fine with a kid taking 2 APs senior year.

Please name a few of these colleges. I don't know of any that my junior is considering that would be OK with what you describe.

NP. Most colleges outside the top 50 are ok with two APs.

Be careful-- there are plenty of other threads in this forum about surprisingly high rejections among 'high stats' kids. I, too, lament the arms race that APs have become. But I'd be willing to bet that the people complaining that their 1500+ SAT 4.0 UW GPA kid didn't get into University of Maryland are referring to a kid who had a less rigorous courseload than peers in the school.

Less rigorous family heritage, at least.

[Anonymous]

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Two kids at different schools

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid is on track to have the following number of AP classes:
9th— 0
10th— 3
11th— 5-6
12th— 4-5

My question is: if a kid is not playing to major in science/engineering, do they need to take at least one AP science class to get into a decent college? What if they have 10-12 APs, but none are science? With AP science taking two periods, scheduling becomes difficult.

Take one AP science. AP Environmental Science is not 2 periods.

APES is 2 periods at Yorktown

That is weird. Is it one semester instead of the full year?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid is on track to have the following number of AP classes:
9th— 0
10th— 3
11th— 5-6
12th— 4-5

My question is: if a kid is not playing to major in science/engineering, do they need to take at least one AP science class to get into a decent college? What if they have 10-12 APs, but none are science? With AP science taking two periods, scheduling becomes difficult.

Take one AP science. AP Environmental Science is not 2 periods.

This. Also AP Physics 1 is a single period

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid is on track to have the following number of AP classes:
9th— 0
10th— 3
11th— 5-6
12th— 4-5

My question is: if a kid is not playing to major in science/engineering, do they need to take at least one AP science class to get into a decent college? What if they have 10-12 APs, but none are science? With AP science taking two periods, scheduling becomes difficult.

Take one AP science. AP Environmental Science is not 2 periods.

APES is 2 periods at Yorktown

That is weird. Is it one semester instead of the full year?

DP. APES is also 2 periods at a DC’s NoVa public (not YHS).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid is on track to have the following number of AP classes:
9th— 0
10th— 3
11th— 5-6
12th— 4-5

My question is: if a kid is not playing to major in science/engineering, do they need to take at least one AP science class to get into a decent college? What if they have 10-12 APs, but none are science? With AP science taking two periods, scheduling becomes difficult.

Take one AP science. AP Environmental Science is not 2 periods.

APES is 2 periods at Yorktown

That is weird. Is it one semester instead of the full year?

DP. APES is also 2 periods at a DC’s NoVa public (not YHS).

And it’s all year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How does it look if your child decides to do DE instead of AP ? Is that considered a step down?

AP courses are more of a known quantity compared to DE. So, colleges may prefer to see AP. Still, DE counts for rigor. I'm not sure I'd say it's a step down, hard to say and may depend on the course.

It is hard to say. Our student did take one DE (history) with all others being AP. Didn’t impact admissions for Tech, UVA…
I think she enjoyed the class after two AP histories.

Is History a core class?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All of the flailing around trying to get students’ profiles to be razor sharp is for a tiny % of the colleges in the country. The vast majority—including some schools everybody has heard of—would be just fine with a kid taking 2 APs senior year.

Please name a few of these colleges. I don't know of any that my junior is considering that would be OK with what you describe.

Ole Miss. Univ of Arkansas. ODU. Basically any school with higher than an 80% acceptance rate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How does it look if your child decides to do DE instead of AP ? Is that considered a step down?

AP courses are more of a known quantity compared to DE. So, colleges may prefer to see AP. Still, DE counts for rigor. I'm not sure I'd say it's a step down, hard to say and may depend on the course.

It is hard to say. Our student did take one DE (history) with all others being AP. Didn’t impact admissions for Tech, UVA…
I think she enjoyed the class after two AP histories.

Is History a core class?

Yes?
Math
Science
English
Social studies/history
Foreign language (for some)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid is on track to have the following number of AP classes:
9th— 0
10th— 3
11th— 5-6
12th— 4-5

My question is: if a kid is not playing to major in science/engineering, do they need to take at least one AP science class to get into a decent college? What if they have 10-12 APs, but none are science? With AP science taking two periods, scheduling becomes difficult.

Take one AP science. AP Environmental Science is not 2 periods.

APES is 2 periods at Yorktown

That is weird. Is it one semester instead of the full year?

DP. APES is also 2 periods at a DC’s NoVa public (not YHS).

Is it a secret which school this is?

[Anonymous]

A lot will depend on course taken in prior years. Should aim for 10 or more with at least 2 AP lab sciences.