^ sorry, misread the 's in the thread title as "DS", please mentally replace son with child in the post 10:38 above; I had no intention to assume or imply that by default the student interested in sciences was most likely a boy.

No, it will not be likely to disadvantage your son in college admissions. Students' transcripts, including their choice of classes, are considered in light of information provided by the high school counselor about course offerings and policies. If your son couldn't, due to school regulations, take as many AP classes as he wanted, that would not look bad in the same way that having the option but declining to take the course might for a student from a school where it would have been allowed.

At my DC's school, AP lab classes take up 2 class periods, so it is difficult to schedule and make room for English, math, and foreign language or social science. Since many science types are also taking AP Calc B/C, that's another double period class and students would be left with room only for English. Among the students at DC's school that take two AP lab sciences, they just take one AP science lab junior year and another senior year. AP Enviro is an option for those who insist on a second AP science, but don't have room for a double period. It has definitely not disadvantaged their college applications.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think so. Why can't your DC spread out over two to three years?

Hmmm... I was under the impression that you had to take the honors/regular science course first and then the AP. That was the case back when I was in high school. I honestly have no idea if this is the case in DC's school or not.

Every school district is different. Check with your DC's school GC.

Anonymous wrote:I don't think so. Why can't your DC spread out over two to three years?

Hmmm... I was under the impression that you had to take the honors/regular science course first and then the AP. That was the case back when I was in high school. I honestly have no idea if this is the case in DC's school or not.

My DC didn't take any science APs because it wasn't an interest he wanted to pursue. I don't think he was disadvantaged by that. Took lots of other APs. I don't think DCs school prohibited 2 science APs but they were double period classes so if you took 2 it would severely limit your ability to take other classes which are required and important. You could maybe do it senior year if you'd finished all the other requirements and had room to fit in English and math.

Colleges expect kids to take a challenging course load. They don't expect them to take every AP class offered.

I don't think so. Why can't your DC spread out over two to three years?

DC's school prohibits students from taking two lab courses at the same time. Will that put DC at a disadvantage?