<p>^ My school offers one AP class. Calculus. Most of the top prep schools (Exeter, Andover, etc.) have their own classical curriculum that is much, much more difficult than AP classes. AP classes teach you how to take the AP tests. That's it. Real classes teach you how to think and to subsequently express your knowledge.</p>
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<p>^Not exactly true. AP courses are reputable enough for even the Ivy League schools to give you some credit or place you out of some classes as long as you get a 5 and sometimes a 4 in the test. I think they trust the test score a lot more than the actual grade you got in the class.</p>
<p>colleges DONT CARE about your APs. as long as your counselor puts "most rigorous courseload" or watever on the secondary school report (on commonapp) you're FINE.</p>
<p>get lives ppl APs are almost absolutely useless in college admissions!</p>
<p>you guys are hilarious! :)
i <3 the commentary! brilliant!</p>
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<p>I guess that's why the Common Application has a specific section this year to list your AP scores...</p>
<p>Might be their way of checking up on grade inflation.</p>
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<p>So you're saying
1. Anyone who's taking an AP class MUST NOT have a life?
2. The kid who took all non-honors classes through HS will have similar chances as the kid who took every AP/honors available to him?</p>
<p>I will have around 34 by the end of HS. That, plus MY awesome ECs, grades (perfect 5 point WGPA), and Standardized test scores (2400 SAT, 36 ACT, and 800s on SATIIs), totally pwns your chances of an Ivy League.</p>
<p>The funny thing is that with numbers like that you might get in but it may not be economically feasible. There is quite a large number of people that are not rich enough to afford the price nor poor enough to qualify for aid that is not loans of one kind or another (and some people have those numbers and a life to boot).</p>
<p>Yeah I got a 2400 on my SAT, 36 ACT, and I am the #1 ranked player in the world in water polo. </p>
<p>I took 10 ap's every year, and am currently on exams 21 - 30 in my junior year. That's the least Ivies expect for an applicant.</p>
<p>Wow u guys are complete idiots srsly. Taking 36 ap exams? wow. I am taking 37 AND making a whole new 2 exams for college board.</p>
<p>well I think the guy attempted at asking a legit question...but...it turned troll...</p>
<p>how do you mean it turned troll? This is friggin hilarious... :D If he did ask a legit question, he was such a prat about it that he deserves the sarcastic goodness. Plus it's amusing.</p>
<p>ouch, dude got burned. bad. </p>
<p>take it easy...</p>
<p>^ Yea we should stop now. I actually feel bad. </p>
<p>To really answer your question, the number of AP classes you take doesn't really matter as long as you do everything you can within your resources to take a rigorous course load.</p>