<p>Oh, 4? I must have misread, for I thought you said 8? Now it seems a little bit possible ahaha, though getting 6 hrs of sleep with varsity sports must take a toll on you. I work out so I know that it is much more tiring, because both your body and mind are strained. Good stuff.</p>
<p>I don’t have the option to skip lunch, but who would. It’s what keeps my day going.</p>
<p>If I didn’t get enough sleep or food, I wouldn’t go to football practise. granted, this did not happen very often, but it was very important for me to sleep and eat well.</p>
<p>Football (especially playing lineman) is the kind of sport where if you play tired, you make mistakes that get you or someone else hurt.</p>
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<p>I played a sport after school too (although I admit, volleyball is much less strenuous than swimming or football or soccer) and I had lunch everyday 
I slept late but I definitely needed the food, especially because I get hungry very, very quickly.</p>
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I’ve taken 8 AP exams as of today, 6 my junior year and 2 my sophomore year. I took a total of 4 AP classes during my junior year, which covered 5 exams, and self-studied a sixth exam.</p>
<p>omg. You people that claim that taking 2 or 3 AP’s means you have no life are wrong: YOU shouldnt take 2 or 3 AP’s. I honestly took 6 AP’s classes and one honors this year and got 5 semester A’s and 2 semester B’s. I don’t know, but myabe my school is ran differently? Pretty much, my school takes AP’s like a real college class; as long as we are there for the tests/quizzes, nothing else matters. I honestly was late 60 something times cause my classes all consisted of taking notes and doing homework. I just read by myself-I find it to be much more effective-and got by with my rigorous schedule, two varsity teams and a great social life. How are the AP programs at your school?</p>
<p>Granted I slept 3-5 hours each day, but i just slept 10-12 on the weekends and was fine.</p>
<p>I never said that you had no life taking 2-3 APs. Taking 15+ APs, yes. For one thing, our school only has full year APs (except AP Psych). I also take two languages (Spanish and Russian) leaving no room for electives. There are also required courses that are not weighted. We have to take two electives in either art or technology and a current issues course senior year which is taught in a college lecture format. There are kids who load up their schedules with APs but do nothing else worth mentioning. Which type of student do you think is the more interesting applicant?</p>
<p>Why dont you take classes that your interested in in addition to a few APs? I never had a free period/a lunch for the first three years of high school because I took so many classes. It was worth it, however, because they were classes like ceramics and photography, and basically things I really enjoy. I took all of the regular science classes offered, and most of the art classes offered. I took tec., a Holocaust class and creative writing just because I wanted to. I did take one AP my junior year and 3 my senior year, and everything worked out fine. </p>
<p>My senior year was filled with a lot of work because the work load in my AP bio class was intense, but I was also in AP Lit and AP Stats and didnt find either of them to have an overwhelming workload. I only had one free senior year, and some of the classes I took for fun gave a lot of projects (like creative writing), but I think having those non-AP classes allowed me to do more of what I want, meet different people (you run into a lot of the same kids when your in the AP classes) and show the colleges I applied to that Im a well rounded person. </p>
<p>My education is a huge deal to me, but that doesnt mean I should do things just because it looks good on paper. I’m going to NYU in the fall, and I didnt kill myself with AP classes.</p>
<p>By the end of high school senior year i would have taken only 6 APs, but i have a friend who would have taken close to 10 or more APs by the end of her senior year.</p>
<p>This is the AP Policy at my son’s school, where they offer 19 total AP Classes. It was copied from the School Profile:
Individual departments determine eligibility for their AP courses; we do
not practice open enrollment for AP courses.
In grades 9 and 10, the highest course level is Honors (AP courses not available
for students in grades 9 and 10). In grade 11, the maximum number of AP courses
a student may take is three.
In order to take more than three AP courses as a senior, a student must
receive permission from the Assistant Principal for Academics and Department
Chairpersons.
In May 2009, 189 students took 291 AP exams; 85 percent received scores of
3 or higher.
AP exams are not mandatory for seniors.
In the spring of 2009, 44 students were recognized by the
Advanced Placement program:
AP Scholars with Distinction…7
AP Scholars with Honor…17
AP Scholars…20</p>
<p>I have a quick question. If iI have a rising grade trend which had a horrendous start- 1 c,1,a,4 b’s in 1 regualr, 4 honors and 1 ap-do you thing my schedule rigority(16 AP’s), and again, a rising grade trend will hope colleges overlook my freshmen year(6 AP’s, 1 H, 5 A’s, 2 B’s)?</p>
<p>7 so far - 3 sophomore year (APUSH, AP bio and AP Latin) and 4 junior year (AP Euro history, AP Calc BC, AP Chem, AP English Lang)</p>