<p>Hi can someone please tell me how many AP's should I take to be a strong
candidate for ivy league colleges. Thanx</p>
<p>Doesn't the number of APs differ because some schools only offer, for example, 3, and student A takes all 3, yet at another school there are 20, but the student B takes 5?</p>
<p>Yes, it depends. My son's school doesn't offer any APs. He's not taking any and is applying to two Ivies.</p>
<p>I am taking 5 out of 10, but several of those 10 were just now offered this year. I'm going to have my counselor put that in the school report so that they know I couldn't take several of them. So it's not really the number, it's whether or not you are taking advantage of what your school has to offer.</p>
<p>what about if u have a block schedule u cant take as many</p>
<p>my school has 0 AP's and I have 2 so far, and I will have 7 by the time i graduate.</p>
<p>Colleges just want to know that you have challenged yourself. There is no magic number.</p>
<p>If your school offers 21 APs and you've taken 2, then you're less competitive than a student whose school offers two and who has taken both those two.</p>
<p>davidrune: If your school offers 21 APs and you've taken 2, then you're less competitive than a student whose school offers two and who has taken both those two.</p>
<p>You must consider the grades to say that. If the first guy had 70s in his APs and 80s in other subjects, it's reasonable that he didn't take more. However, if he had 95s in both APs and 90s in all other subjects, it'd be frowned upon that he didn't take more APs.</p>
<p>yup. I've heard them say this over a billion times. they just want to see how well u used the academic opportunities offered to you. My school offers 11 ap classes, but I only took 10 (A latin student would not take Spanish AP) and i think that's pretty decent. I can't compare myself to someone who took 15+ ap classes, because obviously my school doesnt offer that much. Just take as many as you can without overwhelming yourself.</p>
<p>Sodfather, hopefully if you're applying to competitive schools then you would not have 70s...</p>
<p>But you're right. You don't want to overwhelm yourself.</p>
<p>I honestly believe that people who do not know how to properly pluralize "Ivy" should not be given admission into any of the IVIES.</p>
<p>Take as many as you can as early as you can.</p>
<p>If your school doesn't offer enough or any at all, do them yourself.</p>
<p>I don't like APs. I took AP US my jr year and it sucked. The teacher was amazing and I learned a lot, but we did so much memorizing of facts. We did not go in depth on anything. I'm just anti-standardized testing I suppose. </p>
<p>This year I elected not to take AP Euro or AP Psychology (which counts as a history class at my school, though i guess it's social science) and instead I take an honors class on Africa... history, culture, geography, etc... anything about Africa. And I am learning so much more. I think it is worth it, even if I don't get accepted to any Ivies. Because I will probably like college a lot regardless of where I go.</p>
<p>my school has 4 aps, im gonna leave with 6 or 7 completed. the extra 2 or 3 are college classes.</p>