# AP or Honors, Which Looks Better for Colleges?

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Podcast: [Admissions Beat](https://stenobird.com/podcast/admissions-beat-4462287)
Published: 2026-04-07T08:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

The quality of an applicant's senior year program—and the grades achieved in that course of study—are foundational to the academic assessment of any application to a selective college. In an encore episode from Season 5, college counselor Eric Monheim from St Mark’s School in Massachusetts joins SMU’s Elena Hicks and AB host Lee Coffin from Dartmouth to ponder the perennial question: “AP or Honors, which one looks better?" as high school juniors select their senior year curriculum.

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