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How important is senior year for colleges when looking at your application? I think they only focus on the first semester but they still look at what classes you take the second semester and some of your progress reports. So how easy/difficult was your senior year? I wanna take these classes:
1. Business management
2. AP Euro History
3. AP Calculus AB
4. AP Biology (maybe)
5. AP English but I might drop to honors
6. Free slot (Considering AP psychology, Great Books-some class where its mostly student oriented and you read any books you want and discuss)
I wanna show colleges that I still took difficult classes but I'm not sure how much a difference it will make, especially if I don't too well in those. I always sorta wanna take AP spanish but its so retarded b/c the same teacher that teaches AP teaches Spanish 4 and we do almost the exact same activities so it will be just a repeat. Senior year is suppose to be a breeze, and I wanna just relax but at the same time I know I need to do well.
So please discuss what your senior year was like and what college you got into. Do you think junior is the most important?
  
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do it man.
damn if i could go back in time i would've taken ap classes, trust me it makes stuff easier for you in the long run.
im now starting my junior year edit - in college - edit and i still havent covered up all my core courses when i shouldn't have if i had taken those classes.
and yes, junior year was tough as ****, i felt my senior year in a most relaxed type of atmosphere.
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Dude, you're going about it all wrong. I realize that it's very common for high schoolers to freak out about getting into college, but in 2 years, you'll barely even remember.
Basically, if you want specific information, research the colleges that you wish to attend and look at what they like, what they don't like, just in general narrow down your field of scope.
EDIT: The AP courses are good for getting college credit and if you pass their exams, though.
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Regardless of impressing the school, If you do well on the AP exam, you can get credit for it and skip a few require college courses. Saving $$$ money and time in the future!
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United States47024 Posts
IMO, Senior year is where you take the classes you want to take. Don't intentionally pick easy classes, but don't go all-out trying to pick up a ton of APs or whatever. Take APs you want to take, and don't force yourself into ones that you know you'll hate.
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Well wanting a easy second semester is definitely understandable. Do you plan on taking Spanish in college? Most colleges give some sort of credit for AP, so AP spanish here might be a good idea, cuz it won't be too much work for you and you also get some credit.
Otherwise, go for classes that you're interested in. I think TheYango's got it right.
Best of both worlds!
But anyway your schedule seems pretty rigorous for second semester with APs. Good luck with everything! And ENJOY second semester!
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ummm... GL? 
that is quite alot of AP
im currently in only 2, due to tech taking up three of my hours, and i didnt have an issue getting into college, although it was a state university.
i would think your overall gpa and act/sat test scores would matter more.
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On February 24 2009 10:20 ilovezil wrote:
Dude, you're going about it all wrong. I realize that it's very common for high schoolers to freak out about getting into college, but in 2 years, you'll barely even remember.
Basically, if you want specific information, research the colleges that you wish to attend and look at what they like, what they don't like, just in general narrow down your field of scope.
true you won't remember shit, but if you do take those courses you won't have to take them in college thus saving you money, time, gpa, and what not.
besides if you're truly serious about going to college i reccomend you get off of that common mindset of "I'll just study to pass the test and that's it... do it at the last time... i won't remember... i just do my hw thats it" that won't help you.
but sooner or later you'll have a thrive for just learning as much as you can not for the sake of academic purposes but for the sake of learning man!
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they wanna see that you take a vigorous courseload in the senior year, and that youre not getting Cs in those classes if you usually get As and Bs. so take the APs.
youre gonna have to send in your midyear report to colleges, which is your first semester grades, and they do consider that.
youll find out if you got accepted before you send in your second semester grades, so those arent as important, but they can change their acceptance to a rejection if you suddenly do terrible on your second semester grades.
my junior year was tough; had to work hard to make sure i was getting all As, and do well on the APs (they dont really look at those though, but college credit ftw).
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you definitely need to take a hard course load, but depending on the school you're going to try to get into it could be different... I'd suggest making a thread on http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/.
Also your latest grades matter more than early grades in High school (if two people have the same GPA then the one with the upward trend/harder classes looks better). It's true that Junior and Senior year are the most important, just don't let off until you get into the school you want to go to...
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On February 24 2009 10:20 ilovezil wrote:
Dude, you're going about it all wrong. I realize that it's very common for high schoolers to freak out about getting into college, but in 2 years, you'll barely even remember.
Basically, if you want specific information, research the colleges that you wish to attend and look at what they like, what they don't like, just in general narrow down your field of scope.
EDIT: The AP courses are good for getting college credit and if you pass their exams, though.
This guy's smart
Just don't tank in your senior year and you're fine. You really, really have to do bad to get your offer yanked.
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The first semester is usually the only thing they ask you about (for the mid year report). I recommend taking classes you want to take. A lot of colleges only ask what classes you are taking senior year, so just make sure your schedule is a good mix. For me personally, I had to keep my rank so I took a shitload of AP courses (8), but if that's not as important to you, then take an off period or two and then have AP classes for the rest.
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7. Making a girl cum (squirt)
I think that's the most important thing tbh
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I'm a senior who applied to colleges two months ago. My GPA is the weak point of my application, but I got straight A's with 5 AP classes last semester. I'll let you know if it helps about a month from now.
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United States10774 Posts
I am a senior this year and I gotta say senior first semester is the busiest time of high school. Start on your college essays as early as possible so you can avoid them when the school year starts. I regret pushing them off until winter break, trying to finish them all just a week before the deadline. Unfortunately, the IB classes I am taking are two semester long, so my second semester hasn't been that easy either. But of course, it's definitely better than the first. I have been trying my hardest to enjoy it.
Colleges do look at your first semester grades through the Mid Year Report, but second semester grades won't affect your admission. If they are terrible or far below your standards, however, your acceptance can get reversed. I will find out where I get in when the decisions come out late March/early April!
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Yeah, my friends and I are doing the same thing (taking a lot of AP's senior year). The mentality being that you want colleges to believe that you're not slacking off even though it's your last year. But really, to me, senior year is the year to relax a little (we submit our college forms early-mid fall though, so our senior grades, esp. 2nd semiester, don't really matter much, do they?)
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I'm am so damn lazy now that I'm a second semester senior now....
Anyways, don't worry too much about what you take; just do well in those classes. It's funny because I took AP Euro my sophomore year.
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IMO, for senior year take 3 APs max, especially if you hold off on your applications and then you'll be trying to juggle a shitload of work in December. For my senior year, I'm taking AP English, AP Physics B, Beginning Piano, Vocal Ensembe, Econ/Gov, and business management and I've had a pretty enjoyable year. Decided to take music classes because it was a subject I wanted to try out as part of taking part in new interests and becoming more well-rounded. Plus, I don't have a math class this year (Knocked out Calc B/C sophomore year and AP Stats junior year). I was originally going to take AP Psychology but changed my mind because I wanted to spend more time on Vocal development and general music theory. So far, I've had an enjoyable senior year. I kind of last minuted my application to University of Pennsylvania and got deferred which made me sad for a while, but I'm still hopeful for all the schools I've applied to. As for your extra class(es), take whatever electives are most enjoyable/that you'll benefit most from.
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United States3824 Posts
i talked to an admissions guy from Brown about revoking Acceptance because of seniors dicking around and here's what he said: As long as you keep B's and don't drop out of your normal classes you can pretty much fuck around.
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AP credits do wonders in college, especially if you get 5s. I basically have to go to college for one fewer year b/c I entered with 27 credits (a normal semester load is 16)
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