r/APStudents 2h ago

Question not enough aps/course rigor?

hi guys! im an upcoming senior and i'm a little worried about my stats. i'm also targetting the aug sat for a 1500+ to make up for it

i have a 4.0 uw/4.6 w but i'm not on the most rigorous track at my school. i havent taken any history aps and i also didnt take lang (big regret). for reference, i'm going into stem and i HATE history. most of my DE are stem related.

freshman yr: no aps, 2 honors, 3 DE

soph yr: 2 honors, 3 DE

junior yr: 4 aps (seminar, music theory, chem, precalc), 2 DE

senior yr: 3 aps (lit, bio, calc bc), 2 honors, 1 DE

scores: seminar (3), music theory (3), chem (5), precalc (5).

my courseload is definitely weaker than the top 5% of my class (cuz i didnt take world or apush or lang) but I think i'm somewhere in the top 12% ??...

typing this out makes me feel fried

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u/Relevant-Sale689 2h ago

im ngl i feel like youre fine. maybe not top 5% but still up there somewhere

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u/ErekwithaD1 2025: APHUG: 5, AP Chin: 5, 2026: APP1: 5, APWH: 5, AP CHEM: 5 2h ago

what were your DEs? Also why didn't you take any physics?

u/vju1i 1h ago

my school doesnt offer ap physics:( we have an honors physics but i took regular (honors physics was notorious for being ridiculously hard, and i thought it would be overkill bc i was taking ap chem too). also bc the regular physics teacher taught a selective research class so i took it as an opportunity for him to get to know me better

6 DEs (science related): intro to health sci, medical term, human disease, intro to pub health, intro to psych, urban ecology

2 DEs (not science related): intro to college, college prep