<p>My school offers four AP classes, total. Four. And they only Calc AB, not BC. I’m planning to take BC anyway though.</p>
<p>My school requires students to take AB first, plus I was also already pushing it because its usually only offered to seniors.</p>
<p>Took:
AP Bio
AP Chem
AP Physics C (both)
AP US Gov
AP English Literature
AP Macroecon
AP Calc BC</p>
<p>Took test but not class
AP English Language
AP Chinese
AP Statistics
AP Psychology</p>
<p>Class offered but didn’t take class
AP Spanish
AP French
AP US History
AP Chinese
AP Computer Science
AP Statistics</p>
<p>Which is more important - taking the class or the AP test?</p>
<p>^^ I think that’s the wrong question. What AP classes are you really interested in? Take those. Have you self-studied some subjects because you’re curious about them? If so, and if you can afford the fees, then go ahead and take the tests. </p>
<p>The only thing you want to avoid is taking a bunch of AP classes without ever having taken the tests.</p>
<p>Took:</p>
<p>AP Biology
AP Chemistry
AP Calculus AB
AP Calculus BC
AP Microeconomics
AP US Government
AP English Literature
AP Statistics
AP Psychology
AP Environmental Science
AP World History
AP US History
AP European History
AP Chinese Language</p>
<p>Classes offered at HS:
AP English Literature
AP Chemistry/AP Biology (off years)
AP Calculus AB
AP US History</p>
<p>I came from a high school where 4 (and a half) AP courses were offered. If I have any advice at all about APs in high school, it’s that NEVER let the lack of classes affect your academic endeavors. Self-study! (well, as long as you don’t mind paying $83 (is it still 83?) per pop)</p>
<p>(I wrote a thread on self-studying during my senior year right before coming to MIT. it’s a sticky on the AP forum. check it out if you want 
)</p>
<p>A half-AP?</p>
<p>^ Chem and bio were offered off-years, hence the “half” =P</p>
<p>AP European History (10th)
AP US History (11th)
AP Chemistry (11th)</p>
<p>(I switched to a public school at the beginning of 12th grade - in 9th-11th grades, I took all that were offered)</p>
<p>AP English Lit (12th)
AP US Government (12th)
AP Psychology (12th)
AP Calculus BC (12th)</p>
<p>Ah. So 6 APs offered total, but only 5 in a given year?</p>
<p>Took/Taking [Senior]:
AP Biology
AP Chemistry
AP Calculus AB
AP Calculus BC
AP Microeconomics
AP US Government
AP English Language
AP English Literature
AP Statistics
AP Environmental Science
AP Physics B
AP Physics C: Mech
AP Physics C: E&M
AP World History
AP US History
AP European History
AP Art History
AP Computer Science </p>
<p>Classes offered at HS that I didn’t take:
AP Spanish
AP Human Geo
AP Psych</p>
<p>I took some online through FLVS as well.</p>
<p>how do you guys have lives? like, i’m not even being sarcastic here. with almost 20 ap’s, how do you have the time to do anything else?</p>
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<p>Plus college calculus outside of school :D</p>
<p>But anyway, good message. I will confess to having taken AP classes I didn’t really want to. However, more to the point, I do not enjoy history or government, and they’re requirements for graduation from my high school, and typically the AP version is at least more interesting and more straightforward, even if more rigorous.</p>
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<p>I don’t know about other people, but at my school we get very little homework, so I really don’t have a lot of stuff to do outside of school other than the occasional paper.</p>
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Yes, that too. 
But that was my only postsecondary class. And I had to sweet-talk the school into letting me take it, because technically you were only allowed to take postsecondary classes if you had a free period, which I never did.</p>
<p>And I did take all the science classes offered at my school, with the exception of physics and the APs.</p>
<p>Took/Taking [Senior]:
AP Biology
AP Chemistry
AP Calculus AB
AP Microeconomics
AP US Government
AP Comparative Government
AP English Language
AP English Literature
AP Statistics
AP Physics B
AP Physics C: Mech
AP Physics C: E&M
AP World History
AP Art Studio
AP Computer Science
AP Psychology
AP Spanish</p>
<p>… but I am not/didn’t take all the AP tests</p>
<p>Offered but not taken:
AP French
AP Environmental Science
AP US History
AP Euro
AP Art History</p>
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<p>I only had one AP, US History, last year and we were actually expected to study. A lot of the people there literally had like no lives. They studied pretty much all the time, and I can scarcely imagine how they would have handled a dozen or more of them. And the best part? I got a 5 and most of these people got 3s, and I scarcely studied. (Of course, I did read most of the subject matter before taking the class, so it really doesn’t count.)</p>
<p>I guess it’s manageable though. It really says something if you’re able to handle the course load.</p>
<p>My school doesn’t offer any AP/IB classes.</p>
<p>When you guys list the APs that you took/taking/will take, are those the classes, or the tests?</p>
<p>My school doesn’t even offer that many APs classes. </p>
<p>Also, should I take the APs I actually want to take, or just take them all? I see a lot of you have things like AP Chem, Bio, Physics, Calc, Economy, Comp Science, Art, Language, Psychology, etc. </p>
<p>BTW: Is there such thing as a AP Physics A?</p>
<p>Took/taking:
AP World Hist
AP US Hist
AP Government
AP Macroecon
AP French Lang
AP Eng Lang
AP Eng Lit
AP Latin: Virgil (took the class, but NOT the AP… haha.)
AP Biology
AP Physics
AP Psychology</p>
<p>Offered but didn’t take:
All the other AP Languages
AP Chem
AP Environ Sci
AP Human Geo
AP Comp Sci
AP Art</p>