<p>I was looking around at some profiles and I'm amazed at how many AP classes kids from different states are taking. I live in northern Indiana and my school would not allow me to take AP classes until my Junior year. Is this uncommon in different states? How do all the AP classes fit into the school schedule? Relatively hard classes?</p>
<p>I wouldn’t necessarily categorize ap classes by states, it’s more of a school by school basis thing (except for florida, the state pays for all the ap testing fees). Some competitive magnet or private college prep schools offer tons of ap/higher level classes, while the not so great schools offer few, if any, ap classes.</p>
<p>also the size of the school can make a difference.</p>
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<p>And the opposite is true as well. At some top flight private schools, that place students well in tippy top universities, they have zero need to offer AP since the regular curriculum is sufficiently rigorous, and they aren’t vying for HS rankings in magazines, which is stupidly based in part on how many APs are offered (instead of how many 4s and 5s their students get on AP exams).</p>
<p>same at my school lol, we have limitations on how many we can ake also</p>
<p>The decision on who can take AP courses and which ones are offered depends on the school/district. Colleges consider the course offerings of your hs when making admissions decisions. For example, if your hs only offered 3 AP’s and you took all of them, colleges would take that into account. Not every student has the opportunity to take 10+ AP’s at their hs.</p>