<p>I'm a senior this year and I've previously taken 7 AP exams over the course of my sophomore and junior year and gotten five 5s a 4 and a 3. Our school has an arrangement with a philanthropy foundation that pays almost our entire registration fee for us, I only have to pay 13 dollars per exam because I'm on reduced lunches. Also If you pass the exam the foundation reimburses you for your registration fee and pays you 100 dollars. This year I'm taking 7 AP classes and one of those classes has 2 AP tests (Physics C). But I'm going to need some money for college next year, we usually get our checks for the exams in november, so I registered for 16 exams this year. Most of these I'm fairly certain I can get at least a 3 on easily but I'm also shooting for state AP scholar since it is relatively inexpensive for me to register for AP exams (which gives me an advantage over other areas of the state). Here's what I registered for:</p>
<p>US Govt*
Comp Govt
Spanish Language
Statistics*
Calculus AB*
Calculus BC*
English Lit*
Studio Art*
Physics C Mech*
Physics C E&M*
Environmental Science
Psychology
Art History
Macroeconomics*
Microeconomics
Human Geography</p>
<p>*-A class I'm actually in</p>
<p>My plan for classes I haven't taken is to just go to hastings and read kaplan review books. I know that sounds like I don't have a life but it only takes me around 2 hours to knock one of those things out plus I save 20 dollars on the book itself. For some of the other subjects like Micro and Psych I have these random textbooks laying around I picked up for 2 dollars at a friends of the library sale. You must be thinking wow this kid is lame but I'm doing it for the $2,000 I'll get if I pass all of them and you have to admit the State AP Scholar award is prestigious. I'll keep yall posted but I think Calculus BC and Spanish Language will give me the most trouble.</p>
<p>Wow! 16 AP Exams! Most of them seem like the ones where you just cram a prep book for two days and get a 3 or 4, but I've heard the language tests are really tough for non-native speakers and even for a lot of native speakers, and physics also seems tough to me. I'm going to take 10 AP Exams and I already have doubts about my sanity. (I only have to pay $8 per exam :P)</p>
<p>Anyway, good luck.
P.S. I agree that $2000 isn't too bad (isn't too bad???... that would be awesome), but, unfortunately, there's nothing to great about scholar awards.</p>
<p>"i'm going to take BC at the later testing date I think, those are the only 2 exams that coincide."</p>
<p>I don't think you understand what I meant.</p>
<p>You SHOULDN'T take both exams. That doesn't make sense. When you take the BC exam, you get both a BC score, and an AB subscore (which is the same thing as an AB score)</p>
<p>If you take both exam separately, then you will just be taking the same AB exam that is in the bc exam. (This is why they are on the same time slot, because you can and should only take one, or the other)</p>
<p>I'm not trying to be critical or anything, but you can only take one of the Calculus Exams. It directly states that you can't take both in the AP Bulletin. Also, the AP Spanish Language test is crazy hard, especially if you're not in a fourth-year or higher spanish course. There are Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening portions on the test. I'm in third-year spanish, and the test still looks like half gibberish to me. I'm just giving you a word of warning, but a wish of luck. If you passed all of those, you could start college as a sophomore or more, and you'd have $2000 dollars to go with it!</p>
<p>keep in mind that nearly every day in a two week period you're going to spend hours sitting an exam room and taking tests. after a few days of that, a lot of it is going to be about your own stamina... good luck</p>
<p>Wow, that's a lot of exams to be taking. Good luck with that. I'm taking 5 and I don't know how I'm going to be handling those.</p>
<p>And the AP bulletin by Collegeboard specifically states "You may not take both Calculus AB and Calculus BC in one year." So I don't know how you're taking both.</p>
<p>I agree with the comments about AP Calc and Spanish (I take French actually...but I hear it's crazy hard)</p>
<p>Anyway Preping for 16 AP Exams is tons of work and money isn't everything (ya right ;) ). Make sure you have an interest in those areas. If you're taking those just for money, I pity you.</p>
<p>16 exams won't get you state AP scholar in Texas, sorry. You will need at least 18, more than likely 20+. And taking 9 exams in a year is manageable, however most people will notice a decline in scores. I didn't really start studying for the 8 I took last year until maybe a week before the start of exams and I only got 6 4's and 2 5's. Ive talked with some people who have taken 8+ in a year and have done really well(almost all 5's) and others who have completely bombed. As long as it doesn't cost you much and you don't have anything else to do, why not?</p>