<p>I'm signing up for AP Course next year senior year and this is what my schedule is looking like:
AP Spanish
AP English lit
AP Stats
AP World History
Honors Calculus
Physics
Theology</p>
<p>Is this death? How many APs a semester until you cross a line? Will it matter to colleges by taking more APs senior year or is this useless torture?</p>
<p>I took 5 at one point, and a harder set of five than those, in one year.</p>
<p>It does matter, and I don't think that's going to be too tough to manage.</p>
<p>If I had it my way I'd take AP Calculus and AP Physics, but my school is insanely hard and these classes would drive me insane.</p>
<p>I took 1 Soph Year, 3 Junior Year and 5 Senior Year. I survived and you can too. If it feels too overwhelming, then just drop the least important one.</p>
<p>If you're interested in science at all taking AP Calc instead of stat is something a STRONGLY recommend.</p>
<p>AP Calculus would be nice, but I understand that the teacher at my school makes everyone drop all of their APs if they take it because it is so in depth. I want to do two math courses so that I can have 5 years in it, but taking AP Calculus at my school would risk me dropping the other APs I'm going to be in. Unfair policy huh?</p>
<p>For senior year you should just take classes that you want...not for gpa.
i barely took any advanced classes my first 3 years, and I am only in 3 this year. It hasn't hurt me, I have gotten into many honors programs at big state schools (out of state) and got into UNC out of state which is hard.</p>
<p>People over react with AP's, just take whatever would be most fun. </p>
<p>I have always been good in math (high A) but advanced calculus is really tough so watch out.</p>
<p>Plenty of students across the nation take 5 or 6 APs in a year and some of those will take an additional AP test that they self study for. You know the peculiarities of your hs teachers and curriculum better than anyone on these boards, and it sounds like you've thought thru the enrollment decision adequately. Have confidence and try to enjoy your senior year!</p>
<p>It depends on your school. You can still get into a top tier school with only three AP classes if your school only offers three AP classes. The colleges just want to see that you have fully challenged yourself to the most demanding courses given by the schools.</p>