How many AP classes to take?

<p>I was wondering how many AP classes you have to take to be competitive when it comes to college admissions? I will have taken a total of 6 by the end of my senior year, but my school offers about 8 or 9 of them. Will these positively or negatively impact me, or does it depend on what your school can offer that schools base it on?</p>

<p>you could’ve taken more depending on how well you handle more rigorous classes, but it seems like your school doesn’t offer that many. You only missed 2 or 3 of them so you could’ve taken more but it shouldn’t impact too much. It’s usually on a school by school basis so they will take the lack of ap classes into consideration.</p>

<p>So what you’re saying is that say, hypothetically if my school only offers one AP class and I take that only one, it won’t hurt me?</p>

<p>I’m pretty sure colleges base it on how many AP classes your school offers.</p>

<p>At least you don’t have 25 AP classes offered and will only graduate with 8… ■■■</p>

<p>1 is a pretty extreme case, in that case to demonstrate you’re an academically striving student you should have self studied/taken online courses. That’s something you can consider as well, although not neccessary.</p>