How do people take so many AP's?

<p>I'm not asking this in the sense of "How is it possible intellectually?" but rather "How in the world do you fit them all in your schedule?"</p>

<p>I see that some people have taken 6 AP's in one year. How in the world does one fit all of these AP's in a schedule without any conflicts whatsoever?</p>

<p>I wanted to take 5 AP's this year but had to drop one due to scheduling conflicts (The class wasn't offered during my only free period...stuff like that).</p>

<p>So I'm just curious...Do lots of people self-study? Does everyone attend private mega-schools?</p>

<p>I think one factor is that one just needs to find the right combinations of APs, I guess. I have a friend this year who is taking 7 APs, and none of his classes were dropped due to conflicts (helped that one of his APs was offered in the seventh period). I think another one of his APs is offered for four periods as well. But I'm still amazed... won't be long until he drops one of his APs, though ;)</p>

<p>And I attend a public school.</p>

<p>Some schools just offer a lot of AP classes, while some don't (like mine). Then of course, there are people who inevitably do have scheduling conflicts and end up self-studying many of the AP exams.</p>

<p>i understand what you mean - its pretty hectic. AP classes are (generally, lol) no joke. taking 5 or 6 is a serious time commitment. I'm taking 5 this year, on being online. if I really feel like it ive thought about self studying comp gov later in the year. so far it has been do able, but it is very hectic trying to do all that is required of you and still be able to have a life, be on a team, and be in clubs.</p>

<p>My old school which offered a lot of APs never had conflicts (for the most part) as they knew the kinds of combinations that students made (usually, the few conflicts were AP Spanish Language with AP English Literature, which only hurt seniors). They also didn't have much conflicts as the staff knew that the kids that took APs usually took the AP version of all subjects (AP Bio, AP Calculus, AP English, AP Stats, etc...)</p>

<p>You need to go to a school that had a wide selection of AP's
and a large enough population to offer multiple periods and AP's.</p>

<p>I go to an Public IB school and I took 8 IB Classes my Junior year.
It was a pain but I made it through.</p>

<p>Our (public) school is huge. Any single AP class is usually offered at least 2 times a day.</p>

<p>Well I guess that's the problem.</p>

<p>I go to a relatively small public charter school.</p>

<p>It offers plenty of AP Classes but sometimes only for a few periods per day.</p>

<p>I wanted to take AP Spanish, AP Language & Composition, AP Chemistry, AP Calculus AB, and AP US History but I was forced to drop AP Spanish.</p>

<p>I guess I can just take it next year?</p>