<p>i will agree with you on one of the worst oxymorons in the world: it is possible to fabricate genuineness. but in the end, when all is said and done in the college process and in life, the tracks that you and i leave behind when our time is done will transcend everything that we did or pretended to do. it all depends on how you define success. for every person, success has a different meaning. For me, getting into the most prestigious school is not my life's goal. my goal is more profound than that; it infiltrates into posterity.</p>
<p>then you might ask, why am i here at this forum, "collegeconfidential" where people congregate to share ways to "cheat the system?" well i see getting into a prestigious college as a way to further fortify my lasting effect when i'm gone, a way to solidify the footprint that i leave on the world that says "William was here."</p>
<p>I don't think it's really that hard to have ten AP tests in a year if you take the right ones. In my case, I'm going to be taking somewhere from seven to 11, depending on how much money I decide I'm willing to give up to collegeboard and I don't even have a full schedule of APs. Since a good physics class can prepare someone for up to three (both Physics Cs and Physics B), a good english class for up to two (lang and lit), a good government class for up to two (US and Comparative), and a good economics class for up to two (micro and macro), someone could conceivably get in 9 AP tests from just four classes. Granted, those classes would probably be crazy hard, but that still leaves plenty of room in the schoolday for more AP classes to bring that number above 10.</p>
<p>i am only planning to take 9 total in high school, which is plenty to me...10 a year is insanse-it gives you no time to get to know yourself and do stuff for yourself. many colleges want a personal application so if ur doing nothing but academic work, it is hard for colleges to get to know you</p>
<p>It'll be easier to list the ones I haven't taken...
I will not have taken:
Comparative Politics
Physics C
Art History
Studio Art
All of the Foreign Languages (except Spanish Language)</p>
<p>There's nothing wrong with excess in APs - as long as you get the scores.</p>
<p>$82 / exam * 10 exams = $820
+whatever textbooks/review guides you'll be using to study.</p>
<p>and from CB..
As of the 2005-06 year, students will no longer be able to take the following exam combinations for a single fee:</p>
<pre><code>* Macroeconomics and Microeconomics
* Comparative Government and Politics and United States Government and Politics
* Latin Literature and Latin: Vergil
* Physics C: Mechanics and Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
</code></pre>
<p>All exams must be paid for and ordered separately.</p>
<p>why would ya'll waste your time... now some of you are able to handle such work... but others who "are getting friends notes" to study? that defeats the purpose of the AP program... you will drown when you get to college and you don't have your friends notes to rely on</p>