<p>I was going to take six:
AP Microeconomics, Lit, Calc, PhysicsC, Foreign language, Comparative Government.</p>
<p>I was considering computer science and/or art 3D.</p>
<p>so... how detrimental would it be in the college application process...? my guidance counselor tells me nothing</p>
<p>lol sorry but art 3d will not help you at all.the six you were originally gonna take are almost identical to the six that i'm taking, and i got into uchicago, so...</p>
<p>Take those six. it looks good enough on a college app as is, especially with physics c and calc (ab or bc?).</p>
<p>I think 7 is more than competent.</p>
<p>So obviously he's a failure who will never get into UChicago if he doesn't take exactly what you took.</p>
<p>Take the highest level that you're interested in. Personally, I opted for AP Lit over Honors English 12 because the HE12 curriculum was soul-crushingly depressing ("Stressed about college? Let's read Poe!"). I also fought my way into AP Bio because I wanted to dissect a cat, and I took AP Euro because I love European History. AP Calculus is really the only class that I took for the AP weighting.</p>
<p>Umm, wow. Did i ever even say that? All I mean't was that he doesn't have to take 10 ap's to get into a good college. Relax dude.</p>
<p>Those six sound good. If you're still not sure I recommend focusing on what YOU can do. Forget about what everyone else is doing, and just take as many classes as you can do well.</p>
<p>Don't worry, it's better to get As in six AP classes than Bs in 10.</p>
<p>Do you think you can do well in that many AP's?</p>
<p>I would stick with 5 and maybe 6 max. You kind of want to be able to pass the classes as well as keep up with work...and get the credit for them, of course.</p>
<p>And who wants to be a second semester senior with 10 AP's on their plate? I'm regretting taking 5, if only because I have absolutely NO motivation whatsoever after getting into some good colleges so far.</p>
<p>i am pretty sure i can manage the APs. and i wanted to take art 3d because i finished art 2d and art history and... art is one of my activities anyway.
the question is the classmate/class standing issue. i'd hate it if the class ranking killed my application just because i didn't take a few more APs.</p>
<p>^^^
as long as your are in the top 5-10% you are fine.</p>