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 Apr 24 2008, 02:24 PM
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so i'm studying in a different country for half the school year next year (my junior year), so i can't take any ap's. my guidance counselor told me that that's okay, and that going to study abroad will look so much better in my college search (i want to get into a really good college, preferably ivy league). However, my friend is insisting to me that i basically won't get into college because of lack of ap's.
what do you think? -edit- i've taken two ap's from freshman/sophomore year, and am planning to just take more senior year |
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Apr 24 2008, 05:16 PM
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 durian Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 13,124 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,860 |
^ Well, things might be different now. I know that recently more and more classes at my high school give GPA boosts on the 5.00 weightedscale instead of 4.00 scale. This includes honor classes. But the only two classes that I know that I could have taken if I was a sophomore is AP Spanish, AP European History or AP World History. I didn't take Spanish because I was a year behind in Spanish, so I took my third year of spanish my sophomore year, but my friend took AP Spanish (4th year of spanish) during her sophomore year.
As for AP European History - only students in a seminar program (20 students) were allowed to take it during their sophomore year. AP World History was offered when I was a Junior, but by then I was taking APUSH and I took honors world history during my sophomore year. So I couldn't go back and take that AP World History class. :[ |
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Apr 24 2008, 05:21 PM
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 yan lin♥ Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 14,129 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 13,627 |
QUOTE(Just_Dream @ Apr 25 2008, 06:16 AM)  ^ Well, things might be different now. I know that recently more and more classes at my high school give GPA boosts on the 5.00 weightedscale instead of 4.00 scale. This includes honor classes. But the only two classes that I know that I could have taken if I was a sophomore is AP Spanish, AP European History or AP World History. I didn't take Spanish because I was a year behind in Spanish, so I took my third year of spanish my sophomore year, but my friend took AP Spanish (4th year of spanish) during her sophomore year. As for AP European History - only students in a seminar program (20 students) were allowed to take it during their sophomore year. AP World History was offered when I was a Junior, but by then I was taking APUSH and I took honors world history during my sophomore year. So I couldn't go back and take that AP World History class. :[ wth? your gpa was out of a 5.0 scale? we could add 0.5 to whatever grade we took for honors/AP/IB, but it was still out of a 4.0 scale. |
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pink.x.r0se studying abroad Apr 24 2008, 02:24 PM
Glamourouz You don't necessarily have to take AP's ju... Apr 24 2008, 02:36 PM Comptine Although having many AP credits would benefit you ... Apr 24 2008, 02:51 PM misoshiru if you're looking to go to an Ivy League, APs ... Apr 24 2008, 03:26 PM ersatz You'll be fine; they'll understand why you... Apr 24 2008, 04:35 PM paperplane If you weren't taking any, it's be another... Apr 24 2008, 04:47 PM Just_Dream Studying Abroad also looks really good, as you can... Apr 24 2008, 05:04 PM misoshiru ^2 but most people aren't allowed to take APs ... Apr 24 2008, 05:04 PM Comptine It depends on your school really. There are sophom... Apr 24 2008, 05:08 PM paperplane Then this girl shouldn't worry if she's al... Apr 24 2008, 05:08 PM misoshiru I took APs my sophomore year, but for most of the ... Apr 24 2008, 05:11 PM paperplane I think they've gotten rid of it again, but AP... Apr 24 2008, 05:15 PM
paperplane QUOTE(Just_Dream @ Apr 24 2008, 06:16 PM)... Apr 24 2008, 05:22 PM Comptine I say: Don't listen to your friend. Go aboard.... Apr 24 2008, 05:16 PM Just_Dream Well, for the weighted scale, my high school calcu... Apr 25 2008, 07:52 AM misoshiru well. max was 4.5, but no one every got that clos... Apr 25 2008, 11:32 PM paperplane I guess it was 5.0 in that we could get 5.0 in a c... Apr 26 2008, 10:58 AM aaayotiffany you don't need a lot of ap's to get into c... Apr 26 2008, 11:02 AM misoshiru well, the girl wants to go to an Ivy. there is NO... Apr 28 2008, 05:35 PM Rachel QUOTE(misoshiru @ Apr 28 2008, 03:35 PM) ... Apr 29 2008, 03:48 PM misoshiru QUOTE(Rachel @ Apr 30 2008, 04:48 AM) She... Apr 29 2008, 06:37 PM karmakiller I think that if you've already taken some AP c... Apr 29 2008, 08:30 PM |
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