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@EM
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 • 4 years ago •
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AP courses aren't offered in my school's curriculum, so will not taking them affect my acceptance at very selective schools?

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@DebaterMAX
899 answers, 740 votes
 • 4 years ago

So I keep answering similiar questions to this so if it isn’t super specific please comment so I can clarify as I’d be glad to help you.

All rigor is evaluated in context if you have 4 APs at a school that offers 4 APs your golden. If your school offers 25 APs and you take 5 APs the 4/4 is more impressive despite the 5/25 taking more AP classes.

If your school has no AP classes as long as you take as many challenging courses as possible such as Honors you should be in decent shape but if no honors are available you are zero out of zero which is effectively a N/A (not applicable) so your rigor would not matter as schools will see you didn’t get the opportunity.

TL DR; Everything is in context as long as you challenge your self there will be no penalty.

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@DebaterMAX4 years ago

If they don’t have AP they likely don’t have IB but if available take as many honors as is feasible and good for your mental health.

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@Lebron
70 answers, 108 votes
 • 4 years ago

You will not be at a disadvantage if your school does not offer ap classes. That is out of ypur control and colleges understand that. Just take a rigorous course load that shows you can challenge yourself based on what your school offers.

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@DebaterMAX4 years ago

No offense intended but if your answer is a near copy of an already posted answer can you comment instead of posting as it is redundant.

@Lebron4 years ago

How is my answer a near copy of yours. It 3 times shorter and gives another perspective on the topic

@DebaterMAX4 years ago

It’s shorter yes but you talk about the lack of disadvantage and out of control. I say lack of disadvantage and it’s in context.

@Lebron4 years ago

Why can't another person just give another answer from a different perspective. That's what this q and a is for. There are dozens of examples where answers to questions are similar but they are all different in that they come from different people. Some people may find certain wording more helpful or an answer more succinct.

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