<p>Honestly, I don’t see anything wrong with taking a large amount of AP classes if you can handle them…
I, for one, have taken 15 AP classes up to this point, but all of them I have taken out of sincere interest.</p>
<p>“but all of them I have taken out of sincere interest.”</p>
<p>How does that change anything?</p>
<p>At my school pretty much all of the top 20% takes 12+ APs.
Soph year pretty much everybody takes AP bio and apush; junior year ap whatever language they take, macro, micro, chem; senior year physics mechanics, e and m, psych, gov, lang/lit, bc calc.
The rest of the spaces are filled with elective APs (studio art, enviro, etc.)</p>
<p>The other thing you have to remember is that admissions look at you in the context of your school and also your classmates, so it doesn’t matter how many I’m taking necessarily, just that Im taking more than normal for our school. And the same would go for you.</p>
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<p>Well, it seems that many of the people here look upon people who take an excessive amount of AP classes with distaste because they only take them to improve their college chances…</p>
<p>Welp, at least I’m sure glad at least 10 of them taken by the end of High School have their own use in killing GEs and making my schedule almost all math/science :P</p>
<p>Other than those, having a ridiculous amount of APs has its downside for my school–the time wasted (competitively) on AP classes that don’t have much use other than GPA and admissions is just bad for all of the other programs and extracurriculars. Plus now they restricted the boundaries very tightly and the APs are drawing less students.</p>
<p>well Idk about you guys but I’ve seen people with 20 APs with averages of like 3.5…</p>
<p>No matter what High school you attend… it is so much easier compared to college (top 20s)</p>
<p>I’m taking 18 APs total by the end of next year for AP State Scholar…
Probably around 11 5s , 5 4s, 2 3s</p>
<p>The thing about AP is that a lot of the subjects is History (+Social Science) and STEM related</p>
<p>If you’re a history person you can easily take all AP History courses, AP Micro/Macro, AP Human geo and etc… Which is already like 9 APs right there</p>
<p>If you’re a STEM kid you can aim for AP Siemens which is like 8 APs right there</p>
<p>If you’re an art person/ music, there’s like 3 APs there</p>
<p>If you’re a language person who is half for example Japenese and Chinese… You can easily take AP Chinese, Japenese, and Ap English Lang/Lit = 4 APs</p>
<p>In this case, if you’re a well-rounded student you take take like 3 Language , 6 History, 8 Science = 17 total</p>
<p>My friend who has taken the most in our grade has taken 19 AP Classes (Chem, Bio, APUSH, APEC, APAH, Chinese, Phys C: Mech, Phys C: E+M, APES, Calc AB, Calc BC, Statistics, Gov, WHAP, APEL, Psychology, Comp Sci, Music Theory, Phys B) our school allows freshmen to take AP classes so she took 3-6-6-4 and has received all 5s on the ones from 9-11. I personally have taken 13 including this year and am not even in the top 30 of my class. The average for the top 30 in my class is from 13 to 15. So it depends on your school and how many AP classes they allow you to take</p>
<p>I don’t think ya’ll understand. You are taking multiple AP. and for what? Are you gonna dual-major in psychology and politics. Or are u gunning for international Spanish teacher, chemist, English teacher, engineering and economist with your 14 APs?</p>
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<p>Between junior and senior year (you can’t take APs at my school before junior year) I will have taken 6-7 APs (plus one self study). If we were allowed to take them earlier I probably would have had 10+… It makes sense when you think about it.</p>
<p>It honestly depends on the school: some schools offer over 20 AP courses. Anyway, don’t be so jealous just because someone’s taken so many AP courses, and they’re not necessarily losing too much sleep because of AP. Some teachers give easy grades and give a lot less homework than other teachers (which isn’t to undermine the former group’s quality of education - less homework and easy grades are great, as long as the teachers are good at teaching).</p>
<p>“I don’t think ya’ll understand. You are taking multiple AP. and for what? Are you gonna dual-major in psychology and politics. Or are u gunning for international Spanish teacher, chemist, English teacher, engineering and economist with your 14 APs?”</p>
<p>Even if you don’t try for a career in a certain area, being well informed about a topic and pursuing the highest level of knowledge available can only be beneficial.</p>
<p>How so?</p>
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<p>I don’t see the problem with taking multiple APs to increase your rank or chances with colleges. If you are taking AP, you are taking the risk of not doing well, so the reward is all on you.</p>
<p>Also, I like to be challenged academically.</p>
<p>Sorry I just can’t wrap my mind around taking that many AP even if you don’t plan on taking exams. I mean I could easily take all those AP class in college with a better mindset and still have the same knowledge. </p>
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<p>“How so?”</p>
<p>I mean, I’m probably never going to use AP calculus in terms of a career.
I love the subject matter though, and it has taught me to think both analytically and creatively in new ways.
I love applying this way of thinking to my other subjects and real life experiences in order to better understand things and solve problems.</p>
<p>Acquiring knowledge is just beneficial in so many ways. It’s good to be informed even about subject areas that might not initially interest you; it creates an increased awareness of the world and its occurrences.</p>
<p>And my school offers no APs.
So I guess there are two ends to the spectrum :D</p>
<p>What’s wrong with wanting to learn more?
The normal classes at my school are often too easy and/or boringly taught.</p>
<p>I just like challenging myself and learning more, which is why I want to take AP classes/exams…</p>
<p>My school only offers 4 courses: Bio, Chem, Physics, and Calc BC. I’m going to graduate with around 8 though. That’s probably really little compared to what most of you guys have, but eh, I probably can’t handle self-studying (and calling 999999 different schools to find one that lets me take the exam) any more on top of the 8-10 other courses I take in school.</p>
<p>^ I think you can sign up through your own school and get them to proctor you.</p>