<p>Please ignore the utter asshat-ness of this question, but I'm desperate due to a lack of siblings and little real information apart from the somewhat abysmal AP stats (ergo, off to the interwebs!). I want more than anything to apply to the University College of London, and as an American, and that means near 5's (4 5s and one 4) across the board for 5 subjects to even apply to most subject areas. I am a rising sophomore, and as APs must be taken in the last 2 years of high school to be eligible, I won't be taking any this upcoming year. However, for my junior and senior year, I intend to take AP Lit, AP Comp, APUSH, AP Bio, AP European History, AP Human Geo and AP Psychology, for a total of 7 AP credits. Not to be a classic CC humble-bragger, but I suppose some academic background is necessary (despite me only having one year of highschool complete so far). I finished the year with a 4.0 unweighted GPA (I took all honors that were offered), a 98.somethingorother average--3rd in my class of around 200. If I have decent teachers, maybe get an AP tutor, as well as practice test and study my face off, is a 5,5,5,5,4 out of 7 a doable feat for someone who is no utter genius?</p>
<p>I took seven AP tests my junior year, with four of them self-studied, and got five 4s and two 3s. (This isn’t as bad as it sounds, because I’ll be able to get college credit for all the 4s, and I used one of the 3s to get credit for a regular high school class that was a graduation requirement.) I didn’t fail to get 5s because the material was over my head. I was capable of knowing all the things I needed to know, but I didn’t know them because I procrastinated a lot.</p>
<p>I got “across-the-board” 5’s my Junior year in three APs - and 4’s for the other two the year prior. I was highly motivated my Junior year and took the initiative to study months in advance for the AP exams as well as sought extra help from my teachers – however, while I anticipate potentially getting a 5 this year on one or two of my APs, I know that senioritis probably thwarted such hopes and I’m gonna be stuck with a few 3’s and possibly a 2. I really suck.</p>
<p>I’m also far from being the brightest crayon in the box - so I totally think that getting all 5’s is more than just possible. You just have to study (and not super hardcore intense study - I studied an hour per subject once a week for about two months, that was about the extent of my leg work.) </p>
<p>Last year I took seven AP classes, with Physics C so I had a total of eight exams. I got four fives and four fours. It’s definitely doable. </p>
<p>What is the goal? College credit? The coursework will mean more for admission than 5s on the exams. Other than to maximize credit, shooting for straight 5s is more of a personal ego thing than something useful.</p>
<p>Be sure to check the college to see how they take AP tests for credit. Some take few, if any. In many cases, a 3 is the same as a 5 in terms of credit. For some reason, Spanish AP can count for a great deal of credit at many colleges.</p>
<p>S1 is a NMS and is expecting his scores on Saturday or Sunday. Based on prior scores he will likely get mostly 5s. It will net him nearly a full year of college credit at his chosen college. For him that means his scholarship will pretty much pay for a Masters degree.</p>
<p>The curves on the AP tests are very lax. Whether you personally can get all 5’s is hard to say. It sounds like you might be able to but from the info you gave it’s hard to know just how strong a student you are. I would guess if you are clearly one of the top 3 students in your class of 200 and if you have reasonably good teachers that you will be able to accomplish this if you work hard. Good luck.</p>
<p>I got 5s for the three tests I took last year, junior year. I’m nearly positive I got at least 4s on the four tests I took this year- and quite possibly all 5s. So I agree with the above posters- it is definitely doable.</p>
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The OP wants to apply to a university in the United Kingdom that requires US applicants to submit a certain number of AP scores to be considered. </p>
<p>It is definitely doable if you study enough! I have taken 8 AP tests with 6 5’s, and the other two should have been fives (nerves got the best of me in Calc so I ended up with a 4. I got a 3 in Lit because I really hate Lit and didn’t feel like studying). </p>
<p>Plenty of my peers did just as well as I did in class, but they put off studying for the AP tests (or skipped it altogether) and ended up with a ton of 3’s and very few 5’s. Imo AP tests are very manageable if you don’t let procrastination or lack of interest get the best of you. </p>