<p>Refer to this thread: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/ap-tests-preparation/369861-self-studying-aps-improving-your-app-47.html#post1065197856[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/ap-tests-preparation/369861-self-studying-aps-improving-your-app-47.html#post1065197856</a></p>
<p>I’m planning to take 13 AP’s but it’s not as crazy as it sounds because 4 of them are just semester classes(I think our school is breaking the rules but that’s awesome for us 
) I’m gonna be done with Honors Geometry after 8th grade so I can fit in the full Math/Science high school courseload.</p>
<p>I’ve had 9 so far. I’ll probably take 4 or 5 more next year.</p>
<p>By the end of high school I will have taken 8 AP classes, but at least 17 (at most 22) tests.</p>
<p>As long as you’re taking the most rigorous curriculum available to you and have good SATII scores, you’re fine (though more is certainly better).</p>
<p>lol @ ppl taking 15+ APs
my school doesn’t even offer 15 >_></p>
<p>^Don’t worry, that is quite normal.</p>
<p>^ As xrCalico has already said, colleges will evaluate you in the context of your school. Additional self studies have very little impact on college admissions.</p>
<p>i’d have about 10 at graduation. Many people get the wrong idea. It is the AP classes that matter, not the actual exams. Unless your school does not offer them, self-studying is a bad allocation of time, the cost far outweighs the benefits.</p>
<p>I’ll have 8 at graduation, </p>
<p>BC Calc (11)
English Lit (11)
Biology (11)
European History (11)
US History (10)
Spanish Language (11) (Though I didn’t pass, don’t judge haha)
American Government (12)
Statistics (12)</p>
<p>“It is the AP classes that matter, not the actual exams.”</p>
<p>What is this supposed to mean? The point of AP classes is to pass the AP exam.</p>
<p>^ He is referring to taking the AP class versus self studying for the test. In terms of college admissions, the former is much better but there are obviously circumstances in which only the latter can be chosen.</p>
<p>My school offers 18 AP’s, and I think I will have taken either 7 or 9 of those by the time I graduate. Our counselors STRONGLY discourage taking more than one AP, mine thinks I’m absolutely crazy for the schedule that I have, and yet I don’t feel its as rigorous as some others on this site.</p>
<p>how can someone take 12 or 13 AP courses in one year? How many hours do you people go to school in one day?</p>
<p>I took 14 over three years (all were high school classes):</p>
<p>AP Physics (10th)
AP World (10th)
AP US (11th)
AP Bio (11th)
AP Art History (11th)
AP English Language (11th)
AP Gov (11th)
AP Calc (12th)
AP Stats (12th)
AP French (12th)
AP Chem (12th)
AP Econ (12th)
AP English Lit (12th)
AP Psych (12th)</p>
<p>Now that’s something. If you don’t mind answering, what state do you live in hope?</p>
<p>I ‘only’ took 11… I know more than a few people who took 13-16. (Although I am above average at my school. Not that crazy a school.) Took 4 AP courses junior year, 5 senior year, self-studied two as a junior.</p>
<p>Oldest son graduated with 13 APs plus 1 college credit class taught in our HS.
Younger son graduated with 7 APs plus 1 college credit class taught in our HS.</p>
<p>Both kids were given 45 credits at their universities. Younger sons U gave more credits for the same courses they both took. </p>
<p>Older son- Valedictorian of HS. Brilliant kid with the stats to show it. Younger son- very, very smart. Great grades, but not as high as older brother and ACT’s were excellent, but not as high as big brother.</p>
<p>Older son did not get into all schools he applied to.
Younger son got into every school he applied to.</p>
<p>Moral- It is not how many AP classes you’ve taken, but much much more taken into consideration. Obviously where you apply will matter.</p>
<p>5 through all of HS. but my school doesn’t offer them until junior year.</p>
<p>11 for me.</p>