AP State Scholar?

Test Preparation
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<p>I live in CA, unfortunately, how many AP test would I have to take to get the AP State Scholar Award, on average? What has been the number in the past few years in CA?</p>

<p>I'm taking classes for:
Music Theory
European History
U.S. History
Spanish Language
English Language
Calculus AB
World History
Macroeconomics
Microeconomics
Chemistry
Biology
English Literature
Physics B</p>

<p>That means I'd have to self-study for:
Comp Sci A - taking comp sci over summer
Comp Sci AB -taking comp sci over summer, should be challenging but doable
Psychology - should be rather easy
Statistics - people here have done it successfuly, so i'm guessing it's possible
Spanish Literature - ugh this one is a *****
Physics C: Mechanics - taking a physics course over summer
Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism - taking a physics course over summer
U.S. Government and Politics - should be rather easy
Comparative Government and Politics - should be rather easy
Human Geography - should be very easy
Calculus BC - natural progression after calc ab, not too hard i'm guessing</p>

<p>Is doing all of this **** even worth it?</p>

<p>It doesn't really even factor into your college admissions, so iono..help would be appreciated.</p>

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<p>I don't know but I assume it's really high, as they only give it to one kid. </p>

<p>IMO it isn't worth it even from a "getting into college" standpoint (and yes, there's more than life than getting into college!). But even within that narrow perspective you would be pretty much sacrificing your EC's, social life, sanity, etc...in the end, you might be the kind of study-a-holic that the top schools are trying to avoid anyway. But be you...that's the way to go.</p>

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<p>I've heard of a previous winner who had 19 APs, and this was back when they counted certain APs as half classes. So I'm assuming you'd need well over 20 APs now that they count everything equally. Also, you can't take both CS A and CS AB in the same year since they're given at the same time and even share some questions.</p>