Do colleges especially UCs schools look at senior year gpa/classes?
I just signed up for my classes next year and I am basically taking 5 AP classes: APenglish literature, APenconomics, APcalA/B, AP Music theory and AP environmental science and graphic design. I am hesitating on whether I should drop AP enviornmental science and take wood or some chill class. So, but rather only I want to know will I have any benefits on taking all these AP classes since I don't really care much about the AP tests but rather only the weighted grades. If colleges doesn't count the first semester of senior year but rather just look at the classes that I am going to take then why borther taking so many ap classes right?
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YES they ALL do COUNT!
I have actually had students enter as Freshman, and because they have so many AP classes, they are considered second year students (so do not think that course work goes to waste).
However, you have to make the decision based on your ability to take and do well in all those classes. If taking 5 APs will cause you to do poorly in some of them, it isn't worth it. But, if you can manage it all, then it may be worth it to get those out of the way now.
Don't forget when you do apply and get accepted to college, you are really only getting a provisional acceptance. They will admit you conditionally based on completing your senior year of High School and maintaining your GPA.
Also, your senior year should be fun too! It's nice to hang out with friends knowing that in a year you will all be going off to college (or other directions) and won't see each other daily anymore.
Yeah, you would be wise to keep your schedule like you already have it with. Dropping the AP Environment class for wood wouldn't necessarily doom your chances for admissions, but it certainly does show that you are keeping busy your senior year. Senioritis can be a problem even for the most promising students, and the busier you seem to be, the better off you are.
Even if you take the class for the sake of taking the national exam, passing that means one less class you will have to take in college. Taking those AP Exams can save you time, money, and effort in the long run, and you will be so much more ahead of the game if you take and pass every AP Exam now. The work you put into high school does very much pay off in college, and don't get caught up into the mindset that there's no point to taking the more challenging classes, staying involved with school, and making the right choices. It all works to your advantage once high school is all said and done.
well I took AP classes all throughout jr.high and high school so I decided just to take classes at a local college (did NOT want to take a class at a community college). I personally believe that if someone is socially and mental/emotionally ready, then so be it, college is a great option. However staying in a dorm,for some parents may be a bit scary at the age of 16. Maybe what you might want to do is take classes at a community college or one close by, keep a 4.0 grade average, and then when you're done with a semester or 2, tell your mother that you'd really like to stay in a dorm,and come up with your own personal reason behind it. Good luck though, and by the way, staying in a dorm, to me personally is not what it's all cracked up to be.