<p>I'm a freshman in highschool..and a friend in her junior year told me about this site! </p>
<p>Well, our school lets us start taking AP classes from next year (sophomore year) but to get to the specifics...
1. There are no honors classes but 12 AP classes
2. There is a restriction on only being allowed to take 2 AP classes per year
3. Rising juniors & seniors get preference
4. My school is academically very rigorous & competetive so its very difficult to get in an AP class</p>
<p>OK! So......I just want to know how many AP classes are enough to get into a T20 college?</p>
<p>Also....my plan is to take</p>
<p>Sophomore - AP world history
Junior - AP politics or AP stats(one of the two) & AP biology
Senior - AP calc BC & AP literature</p>
<p>How much is “enough” is always viewed in the context of your school. In the context of your school, what you have planned is the maximum available and is therefore fine.</p>
<p>This isn’t to suggest that one has to take the maximum available to get in to even the most selective schools. But taking each subject that you take at the highest available level is usually desirable for the super-selectives.</p>
<p>you’re saying that your school restricts you to 6 total and you are taking 5 and you’re asking if that’s enough? I think you answered your own question…it’s fine…</p>
<p>Number of AP’s do not make a difference. It’s your overall record… classes, grades, GPA, SAT/ACT scores as well as any “hooks” you may have.</p>
<p>Older son had 13 AP classes, valedictorian, high ACT’s… waitlisted at IVY’s, in and waitlisted after that. It all depends on the school and what they are looking for.
Younger son with 7 AP’s was accepted at all the schools (15) he applied to.</p>
<p>Just keep your grades up, stick with clubs, and for top 20’s do well on SAT2’s also.</p>
<p>Given that your school has strong guidelines about AP classes (which I think is typical in rigorous academic high schools, including private schools), your plan for AP courses is a good one. I think that the AP statistics course is a better choice than the AP government course. The other AP courses are all in core subjects, which makes them appealing to anyone reviewing your eventual transcript.</p>
<p>I don’t see an AP language on your list. You may want to consider that in place of one of the other AP courses. In practice, language and math are the two course areas where (in selective colleges) you can and you would want to translate the AP to actually skipping some introductory college course.</p>
<p>That being said, in regards to which classes to take, as fogcity said, language and math should probably be in the mix somewhere. Whereas academically rigorous high schools often have a wide range of courses in literature and history, language and math follow pretty universal paths. Follow them. And it looks like you’re skipping from precal to Calc BC since I don’t see AB anywhere on there…I’d think carefully about that jump when the time comes.</p>