<p>Varsity ice hockey for four years and track for four years and go out every weekend that I could, no, 16 AP’s was not excessive.</p>
<p>I know someone who took only 2 APs during his 4 years of highschool and was admitted to 5 of the 7 colleges he applied to. He was rejected from Princeton and was wait listed at Amherst, but in the end, he went to Yale. So really- APs only carry so much wait. Pay attention to other things like extracurriculars and SAT scores…</p>
<p>^ Misinforming posters again.
°deep sigh°</p>
<p>^ You might be the one that is misinformed. What kaka11 said is a pretty accurate assessment of how influential APs are in college admissions. Colleges consider you in the context of your school, not by the absolute number of APs you take.</p>
<p>moreover, AP classes can vary greatly in difficulty from school to school.</p>
<p>I meant to say that you are wrong, Jersey13.
As I was posting, concurrently, kaka11 posted.</p>
<p>Kaka11’s post shares the same idea as mine, so your misdirected arrows are negligible. In any case, my previous assertion remains the same.</p>
<p>I don’t know how some of you (Jersey) can take 3 varsity sports and that many APs unless you’re bullshi*ting at least one or the other. Also keep in mind, it’s pointless to take so many APs and get B’s and C’s all year. I don’t know about the APs in your school, but in mine, they are no joke, and its not surprising to get an average of 5 hours of sleep with 4 APs in my school to keep the A’s. This is why it IS relevant to the school.</p>
<p>The AP courses at my school are really difficult. All but one are full year courses. Last year, the class rankings of the top 10 juniors fluctuated the entire year because of APUSH. A friend of mine who is going to UVA OOS ended up with a B- in APUSH (he also had over 2300 on SATs with an 800M and a 4.5 GPA). He advised me not to take APUSH. I get the impression some of your schools are a lot easier.</p>
<p>I get the same impression swimstrong. But really, it is all relevant, so it doesn’t matter. It’s like currency exchanges.</p>
<p>I took 2 in my freshman year
3 in my sophomore year
i plan to take 5 next year and 5 in my senior year so total 15</p>
<p>the secret is u can self study or tutor for those and take them outside of school
I self studied AP Bio and AP Chem (didn’t need to study for AP CHinese lol) and took bio in my freshman year, got a 5, and took chem in my sophomore year and got a 5</p>
<p>so far 5 5’s and 3 of them were outside of school. I am a rising junior. Just call your local AP coordinator (thats how homeschool kids do it) and they will set you up somewhere. </p>
<p>I know a freshman at my school ( hes pretty smart and cocky but not nerdy and geeky as you would think) who took 7 APs this year, calc AB, BC, Physics B, Physics C (both E and M), AP bio and AP music theory and got all 5’s</p>
<p>He only took AP Calc BC (yeah i know as a freshman, no joke) at school, the rest 6 outside and got all 5’s</p>
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I agree that taking excessive AP’s should be avoided if it means B’s and C’s all year. The APs in my school are no joke either, we have some of the highest passing rates in the country. Playing a varsity sport every season and taking 6 APs is manageabe, at least in my school, but I would assume it is in others as well. I get out of school around 3PM and am involved in my sports/other school activities till 6. That leaves ~5 hours to do any assigned work and still have ~6 hours of sleep a night. Of course I had a few nights with 2-3 hours of sleep total, but that definitely isn’t the norm.</p>
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APUSH is one of the more difficult APs in my school as well. I can assure you that my school is in no way “easier”; over 75% of students who take APUSH receive 5s and results are similar in most other APs.</p>
<p>~6 hours of sleep is not considered healthy.</p>
<p>@henrymoore
How the fucl{ do you take 11-13 APs in one year. If it was that manageable, I would think that your school doesn’t have hard AP classes.
At my school, it’s hard enough to juggle 4-5 APs in one year</p>
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Ah, but where’s the fun in junior year without a little sleep deprivation :)?</p>
<p>consistently getting only 6 hours of sleep or less constitutes more than ‘a little sleep deprivation.’ it constitutes chronic lack of sleep, which is unhealthy and which is to be avoided by all reasonable means.</p>
<p>Haha IBFootballer it’s all right we’re young we can take it. Jersey, it just doesn’t make sense to me. Obviously, as you say, the program at your school is definitely prestigious and efficient. However, what I was referring to was the workload. It is not hard to get a 5 on an AP exam, really, you just need to read a prep book. The hard part about APs for me is not the exam but the class. The amount of homework our teachers give us – there is no way people can take that many APs with that many extracurriculars, there just isn’t enough time in the day.</p>
<p>I get 6 hrs on average too. But I’m makin it up during the summer baby.</p>
<p>^the consensus of adolescent medicine begs to differ.</p>
<p>Do you ever have any fun? The kids in our school who take a gazillion APs are definitely the nerdier ones. They are not necessarily smarter and are not that well rounded. I do a sport after school, so I need to have a lunch period. How many of you skip lunch so that you can take an extra class to boost your gpa?</p>
<p>Aryus, I took 4 actual AP classes this year (one covered 2 exams) and self-studied for one test and it was definitely manageable. Assigned work in the classes varied from overwhelming (APUSH) to minimal (Calc, just problem sets every night). </p>
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I play 3 sports and I definitely need a lunch. My carb intake during soccer and lacrosse seasons is pretty insane.</p>