<p>AP scores don’t matter for college admissions, and most colleges that give credit for 5 will also give credit for a 4. The letter grade you get in the class is more important.</p>
<p>I’ll have taken 4 by the end of high school, and my school offers like 15-18 or so…but it doesn’t faze me. Nobody takes all of them, it’s impossible because we aren’t allowed to start taking APs until junior year. </p>
<p>I give myself props, though, for taking the difficult ones. I’m someone who tends to get stressed easily, so I knew it wasn’t in my best interest to take an AP in every subject area because I know I’d be overwhelmed = panic attacks every night. I’m taking BC Calc and Chem this year, which have reputations for being some of the most challenging I’d say, so I’m satisfied.</p>
<p>My school offers 29 and I’ll have completed 10 when I graduate</p>
<p>My school offers 28.</p>
<p>I’m taking AP Gov right now, and next year I’ll take APWH and AP Stats. I will definitely take AP Bio and APES sometime in HS.</p>
<p>I’m taking AP Stats with Pre-Clac next year.</p>
<p>If you’re aiming for top 30-50 schools, 5+ APs.</p>
<p>Mine offers 21 (three of which are “AP Studio Art” O.o). This year I’m taking 3 there (AP Chem, Lang/comp, and human geo) and 1 online (AP Chinese). Next year I’ll probably do 4-5 (AP Lit, Calc bc, APUSH/world history, and physics. Maybe even psych, since I find it really interesting)</p>
<p>^ I’m sooo jealous. You should do 4 each year if your school offers 21.</p>
<p>How many Ap’s for hyp?</p>
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Ideally you would take (and get an A in) every AP class you could fit into your schedule.</p>
<p>My school offers no less than 25 AP classes and I plan to take 10 of them I believe. I could go out of my way and take AP Calc along with AP Stats or take AP Physics C, AP Chem, and AP Bio at the same time but conflict lies in the scheduling. Most AP classes are locked for a specific grade level(s) and with the limit to the number of classes you can take during the school year, I think that influences the number a lot.</p>
<p>My school offers around 17 AP classes & by the time I find high school I probably would have taken about 11</p>
<pre><code> I took 17 AP courses in High School. My school offered 35 so I only took less than 50% of the offered AP courses. My school allowed us to take AP World History as Freshmen. Any other course that we were qualified for, we were able to take in later grades. The work load was a lot to handle, but I was able to get advice from my teachers. I got all A’s and A+'s (1 B+ in Composition), as well as 5’s and 4’s on the AP exams. Believe me, I had about three hours of home work a night (not including studying). Plus, I worked on homework anytime I had the chance to during the school day. I didn’t even take the most AP classes in my graduating class. One kid took 19. AP isn’t meant to be scary, it is meant to enhance and evolve a students mind to its full potential. Study hard and get all your work done on time is the best advice I can give.
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I thought the College Board only made 34.</p>
<p>I think you should take as many as you are actually interested in, like some others have said. Sure, I may not be 100% certain on what I want to major in in college (though I’m thinking double majoring in Screenwriting and English Education), but I can tell that I’d rather take AP Psych, AP Gov or AP English more than say, AP Stat, AP Calc (even though I plan on taking this, XD), AP Bio or AP Chem.</p>
<p>I’ll probably take 6 by the time I graduate. I think it’s a good number. Three in junior year (AP English 3, AP Environmental Science and AP US History), three in senior year (AP English 4, AP Calc AB, and AP Gov).</p>
<p>Stop reviving my year old threads. </p>
<p>No</p>
<p>@Swag87 - No swag. </p>
<p>I think it depends. I know I read some posters on here talking about how they take classes such as “AP precalculus” or “AP psychology” - my school offers both those courses, but they aren’t labeled as AP or Honors. I suspect the workload is similar. Really, there isn’t a big way to compare how hard a course at one school is compared to how hard a course is at another school (even different teachers cause huge variation). I think colleges know this. </p>
<p>I asked this admissions counselor once - she was giving a speech and I met her outside afterwards and we chatted - if I would be looked down upon for attending a high school that didn’t offer any AP’s or Honors (you heard, zilch), and she said not at all. She said college admissions can’t hold that against you. They look at how many AP’s you take in comparison to others at your specific school. </p>
<p>As many as you can, as long as the AP classes do not disturb your universe. Make sure you have a life/work balance, and try to get in some that are related to your major, not all have to be though. I would say 5-8. Try to include Calculus, Physics and take the history AP’s.</p>