How Many APs?

<p>How many AP classes should I take? My school offers 15 AP classes, 4 of them being languages. </p>

<p>My D’s school has around that number of AP classes too. There is no clear cut on the number of AP required. My D only took 1 AP in sophomore, 2 in junior, and 3 in senior. The key thing is to take the most rigorous curriculum while maintaining a great GPA.</p>

<p>^ Agreed.</p>

<p>That’s such a general question. If you think you can take the AP and get an A, might as well.</p>

<p>Anyways, for reference, my school offers 16 APs, I believe, and I took 9 of them (only allowed to in junior/senior year). However, I maintained solid grades in most of the AP classes. Don’t overwhelm yourself.</p>

<p>For U of M, what would a great gpa be? I know the average gpa is speculated to be in the 3.79-3.85 range. My gpa right now is a 3.75, but that includes 6 AP classes (5 this year), and I have an upward trend. I was planning on taking 5 more next year to end high school with 11 APs. I suspect my gpa will go to around a 3.77 by the end of this year and a 3.8 by the end of first semester of my senior year based on my current upward trend. All the AP classes I have taken so far I have gotten an A in except for one which i got a B+ for one semester. I have some pretty good extracirriculars in my honest opinion and I am also working at a lab at a nearby university and I will have written and published a scientific paper by Mid September, so just in time for college apps. Based on this information, do I have a solid shot at U of M?</p>

<p>There is no speculation. The admission stat is posted on their website. Last year, the admission average is 3.85 (3.9 for CoE). If you get a 3.8 GPA or above with rigorous curriculum, you should be fine. UMich does value GPA more than other schools though.
You are actually very fortunate to take most of the AP available at your school. It is impossible for my D’s school due to schedule conflicts unless one do not take any music electives.</p>

<p>@FrostedLens I hope you take all the AP exams associated with AP classes (and score all 4-5s) as well. My boy, currently a junior in computer engineering in the COE, enrolled at UM with enough AP credits such that he only needed to take one course to fulfill all his Intellectual Breadth requirements. Eliminated the need to sit thru all those pesky liberal art type courses and allowed him to take more electtive course in his major</p>

<p>Take as many AP classes as you can handle. Also, like PeterW said, take all of the AP exams associated with them as well. Also, I suggest that you take classes at a community college this summer.</p>

<p>I took 6 AP exams (got credit on all of them) and got 8 credits on the Spanish placement exam (they give you credit rather than placement if you are an engineering student). I came in with 31 credits. I am going to graduate a semester early (and I only took above 15 credits for one semester) . Like PeterW’s son, I will graduate only taking one course to fulfill my intellectual breadth requirements.</p>

<p>AP tests are definitely worth it. You save money, can graduate early, take more important classes, don’t have to take as many classes per semester, etc.</p>

<p>Just make sure you are aware of the upper division tuition once you reach 55 or more credit even if you are still in sophomore with a lot of AP credits.</p>

<p>“Just make sure you are aware of the upper division tuition once you reach 55 or more credit even if you are still in sophomore with a lot of AP credits.”</p>

<p>It’s definitely worth it to pay the upper division tuition early if you are going to graduate early. </p>

<p>Look at this link: <a href=“Tuition & Fees | Office of the Registrar”>http://ro.umich.edu/tuition/tuition-fees.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>There’s about a $1,000 difference between lower and upper level for LSA and about a $2000 difference for Engineering (this is based on in-state students. The differences are a little bit bigger for out-of-state students).</p>

<p>Even if you had to pay Upper level tuition for your first 4 semesters (which is pretty unlikely), you would still save money if you graduate a semester early.</p>

<p>It is worth it if one can graduate one semester earlier. But with all the pre-requisites and course requirement for engineering, it is not very likely to graduate earlier. What is most important, do not claim the AP credits that would not give you any advantage. Many students got trapped in paying the higher tuition for 1 or 2 more semesters and yet not able to skip one semester.</p>

<p>"But with all the pre-requisites and course requirement for engineering, it is not very likely to graduate earlier. "</p>

<p>I know quite of few people who are (or they could if they wanted to) graduating early from CoE. It’s actually not that hard.</p>

<p>I only took 6 AP exams and got 8 credits on the Spanish placement exam. That was 31 credits. I don’t think it’s unreasonable to expect that a lot of students come in with about the same amount of credit that I did (there are probably plenty of people who come in with more credit than I came in with).</p>

<p>Those 30+ credits should knock out a good portion of the following:
-intellectual breadth (except for the 300 Level Humanities)
-Calculus 1 and 2
-Chem 130
-Physics 140/141 and Physics 240/241
-General Elective credits that count towards the 128 needed for graduation </p>

<p>My school offers 15 APs/4 language APs too - and between junior and senior year, I took 9. 10 AP tests, though.</p>