<p>What percentage/fraction of APs should you take that your school offers.</p>
<p>If your school offers 10, how many should you take? 15? 20? etc.</p>
<p>Edit: Obviously this is rather subjective, as some people may say all of them, while others say take only those which interest you - but to be considered as having a rigorous schedule, what percentage do you think one should take?</p>
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<p>As many as you can, as long as you get mostly As.</p>
<p>As many as youre interested in. Dont take an AP if youre not interested in it.</p>
<p>I would argue that most high school students don’t really know what they’re interested in…think of how many people change their majors. Taking an advanced class can be beneficial even if you didn’t initially think you’d like it much.</p>
<p>Where do you want to go?
My school has 14 APs.
I’m taking about 8 and self studying at least 2. I want to go to a decently ranked, but not elite, college.</p>
<p>My school offers 11, I took all 10(didn’t take AP art), and may self study 2 more as well. But That will be the most in my grade. Pretty much take as many as possible as long as you can maintain a majority of 5s/ As in classes</p>
<p>Sometimes it’s just about filling every potential slot with an AP class, which is what I did. There are still a couple AP class (Environmental Science, Art History, etc) that I don’t have room for, many because my school has a lot of choices for APs. That being said, I’ll have a total of 12 when I graduate out of ~16</p>
<p>Our kids’ HS offers more APs than students can possibly take. So, the game becomes taking enough APs that counselors will be able to certify in college applications recs that the student has taken the ‘most rigorous’ load available. Typically, that requires taking 1 or 2 APs sophomore year and at least 4 per year thereafter (assuming year-long courses) or roughly 9 or 10 total. Some APs (such as Human Geo, Econ, Gov) last just a semester, so those would count as 1/2 toward the 9 - 10 total. As someone said above, the key to loading up with rigorous courses is also managing GPA. It’s critical to avoid Cs at all costs, and to get as few Bs as possible. It’s also important to keep up the rigor in the senior year schedule and not take easier courses that final year.</p>
<p>My school offers 14 and with general ed requirements, elective requirements, etc., it is impossible to take all 14. I will be taking about 7 AP classes by the end of high school and probably will have taken 9-10 AP tests (self-studying Psychology and Macroeconomics/Microeconomics).</p>
<p>My school offered four AP classes in 2012-2013 and seven in 2013-2014.
In my junior year I took three AP classes and self-studied four (three that my school offered and one that they didn’t).
In my senior year I won’t be taking any AP classes, but I’ll be taking eight 200+ level college classes.</p>
<p>Take as many as you want to and/or are capable of taking. But don’t make the mistake of taking a class that you have no interest in just because it’s an AP class.</p>
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<p>^ A lot of people do this and I think it’s utterly stupid.</p>
<p>To be considered as having a rigorous schedule, you should probably aim to take as many as possible. How many/the percentage really depends on the school. If your school offers 15, you should probably take around 10, or around 2/3 (this also depends on what restrictions your school might have on APs). But if your school only offers 2, you should probably take both, or 100%.</p>
<p>FWIW, my school offers 4 APs and around 15% of students take all 4.</p>
<p>Another idea is being a prepared student and take the optimal amount of APs in terms of getting college credit. Try to eliminate as many GE’s as you can as well as get advance placement for classes in your major. This can speed up your graduation anywhere from 1-3 semesters and knock off big money. (Even 1 AP course that acts as a prerequisite and holds you back from advancing onto higher level classes can knock off an entire semester, or two if you’re talking about Calculus BC)</p>
<h2>I’ve taken 8 during my high school career. My school doesn’t allow freshman to take APs and permits sophomores to take only ONE (AP US Govt).</h2>
<p>Anyway, I’d say around my school has 15+ APs! (AP US Govt, Comparative Govt, World history, Human Geography, Microeconomics, Biology, Calc AB, Calc BC, Statistics, Physics B, US History, Literature, Language, Psychology, etc…)</p>
<p>My school has most APs and IBs. Although I am not taking a large percentage of the ones they offer, I am taking almost all possible ones I can take and the hardest ones offered. It matters which ones you take- not how many. Taking AP Stat, Psych and Econ is different from taking BC Calc and Physics C.</p>
<p>My school offers 20 (17 excluding art) different courses that would lead to an AP Exam at the end. I‘m going to be taking 13 of them. Additionally I‘ll be self-studying AP Calc BC, AP Physics C Mech, AP Physics C E&M, and AP Microeconomics. The ones I wont be taking from the list my school offers are AP Bio, APES, AP US Gov, and AP Chemistry.</p>
<p>My school offers 20+ (only one language) AP classes, and by the time I graduate, I’d have taken a total of…4.</p>
<p>I didn’t even realize AP classes were a big deal until junior year, so fail on my part.</p>
<p>at least 30.</p>
<p>As many as you can while making 5’s.</p>