Our school does not allow AP classes until junior year and does not weight the honors classes in 9th or 10th grade. The number of AP classes are also quite low vs other schools in the same school district. Our school counselors/administrators keep saying that colleges will look at us based on the context of each school and how rigorous our schedule is. My thoughts are 1) even regional reader for each college does not have the bandwidth to know and keep up with the individual school district he/she is responsible for, let alone each school in that district. 2) So the most number of AP classes I can take at my school is around 10, in junior and senior year. Am I not disadvantaged vs kids from some of the other schools where they can take AP classes starting 9th grade. Just like to see what people's thoughts are: do colleges really evaluate each candidate in the context of their school? Is it even possible? I know colleges say this too but I think it's their way of not pissing off a lot of the schools that cannot offer that many rigorous classes, esp if you bring in curriculums at private schools. Thank you.
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