<p>I know that it varies hugely depending on what schools the students are planning on applying to, but what seems to be the norm when shooting for ivies? Ten? Fifteen?
Also, can you take an AP test in all the subjects?
Thanks. :)</p>
<p>i've taken 3 so far. next year i have 7, so I guess 10 is the norm.</p>
<p>My school could potentially offer students fifteen by the time they graduate, but I'm sure such a courseload would all but kill even the best student. It's nice to have an idea of how many I should try for. Thanks for the reply! :)</p>
<p>at my school, a very competitive public school, the average for a good student is probably about 14 or 15. I will have 17 by the end of my senior year</p>
<p>Whoa.
How is that possible?
Would it be too much to ask to see your high school curriculum?
That's truly impressive. Congratulations.</p>
<p>it depends on how many your school offers. just take as many as you can fit, and only take them if you actually like the course. thats all i can say about that..</p>
<p>Is it completely unrealistic to think that I can handle all AP courses my junior and senior year? One of them would be yearbook (not really AP, but worth five points), which really isn't the same as a course like calculus or something.</p>
<p>About 3 AP courses is average.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=812%5B/url%5D">http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=812</a></p>
<p>I took 1 in sophomore year, taking 4 junior year (2 AP courses courses, the other two are languages which I speak fluently), and taking 5 next year (3 AP courses, because micro and macro are taught in the same course, and I'm self-studying comparative gov't). So in the end I will end up with 10 AP's, but will have taken 6 AP courses.</p>
<p>Ooh! Great source. Thanks loads. :)</p>
<p>Ten seems to be the semi-consensus, then... How hard is it to self-study?
Congratulations on the multiple AP successes.</p>
<p>I plan on taking 14 APs... or dying from sheer exhaustion, whatever comes first. My Civics teacher told me that about 10-15 years ago, the norm was 3-4 APs. Since my friends are all overachievers, I see an average of about 8-10 courses.</p>
<p>I recommend balancing AP courses. For example, Math comes easy to me, so I am taking AP Calculus AB and BC in one year as a sort of relaxer classes. What I am trying to say is to focus on APs that you know will be easy and supplement them with AP classes you know that you could do well or have interest.</p>
<p>I would also recommend to have previous experience in a course before self-studying. Like, don't take AP Physics without ever having some physics experience. </p>
<p>Finally, your college preferences should help decide the amount. For Ivies, you'll probably need to pack as many as possible (what I'm doing)...</p>
<p>Oh it also depends on your HS. My school only lets AP courses in 11th and 12th (except for AP gov in 10th) but is ranked in top 100 newsweek high schools.</p>
<p>10 is definitely above normal.</p>
<p>Also, what is normal? Somebody applying to T25 and getting into a few of them? Somebody going to a 4 year non-community college? What? Somebody on CC?</p>
<p>There is no prescribed formula for getting into college, but I think 4-5 or more hard APs is enough.</p>
<p>Hard APs do not include psych, stat, ab calc, human geo, physics B, physics C; E/M, physics C Mechanics. They count as half a hard AP. This is my made-up arbitrary scale.</p>
<p>Double period APs count as 2 hard APs (bio and chem).</p>
<p>I think my high school was ranked in the top 100... It varies from publication to publication, but it is an extremely competitive school and we are renowned for being very academically rigorous.
I have a question about languages: There aren't AP tests for each year of the language, are there? Surely not. So if I took AP languages, I couldn't test in those until senior year... That only leaves four testable APs per year, nine total..</p>
<p>You can take the AP languages any year, but maybe your school doesn't allow anyone to take them before senior year. I took AP French in sophomore year, and I am taking AP Spanish and AP Italian in junior year.
shayonsaleh, you know that you can't take Calculus BC and AB in the same year right (the CB doesn't allow it)? and you know why? because Calculus BC already has an AB subscore! so when you take Calculus BC, you would already be taking AB material. But remember, you can take Calculus BC if you want, it will look good on your application and all, but you will not get any credit for it at most universities.</p>
<p>@r6mile:</p>
<p>Not to mention it's extremely stupid to take BC and AB calc. That's like taking Spanish 1A (a semester spread out over a year) and Spanish 1(A and B) at the same time.</p>
<p>@r6mile
"it will look good on your application and all, but you will not get any credit for it at most universities."</p>
<p>I don' think any respectable university takes AB and BC as separate scores. Most (if not all) universities give credit for BC calc though in some way (Harvard has advanced standing).</p>
<p>How many years of a language are recommended to take the AP test? SAT II?</p>
<p>In my school, you take it in 11th if you start on the fast track in 7th grade. I would recommend only native speakers and fluent speakers take the SAT II languages tests. The curve on those tests are really bad.</p>
<p>"Normal" is not taking any APs, btw.</p>
<p>I am only taking 5 because I decided to take 4 college courses at Michigan State U next year, instead of APs. I have already taken BC calc, chem, bio, and German. Next year, I'm taking Multivariable/DiffEq, first year Physics, Music Theory, and Organic chemistry at MSU, as well as AP english.</p>
<p>yeah this thread is scaring me. i thought i was ahead of the game with 8-9 but i guess it turns out i'm average at best (since the ones i'm taking are "easy"- ab calc, euro, american history, american gov & politics, etc etc.)
ew.</p>
<p>yup fhqwgads2005 got it right on the money. who is the standard of comparison? after all, if the standard is advanced placement, then what is above the standard?</p>