<p>Our high school has no rules about how many APs you can take, but many have prerequisites and many also require extra testing and/or teacher recommendation. Mathson took one as a freshman, one as a sophomore, three as a junior (though Physics C and Math BC counted as two), and three as a senior. He could easily have taken a couple more if scheduling conflicts hadn’t prevented it. He was not inundated with homework. (And he ddin’t overload on ECs either.) Some of our APs require a lot of work (Biology, US History) - others not so much (Macroeconomics, Physics C, Computer Programming.) My son got 5’s on all of them, and I’m told most kids in most classes get 4s and 5s - so I think the courses cover the material adequately despite the lack of rules about how many one can take at a time. While there are usually a couple dozen of AP Scholars of Distinction and National Scholars, I do think that most kids only take a few APs. And it’s really a small portion of the school that are taking a lot. (Top 1 or 2 % of the class.)</p>