Not enough APs?

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Obviously a student who want a tippy top U is supposed to take as hard a course load as is possible, which includes as many APs as possible.

Many selective colleges have said the opposite, that students do NOT need to take as many APs as possible. Some example quotes are below:</p>

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@Harvard Dean of Admissions

It’s crazy for students to think in lockstep they must take four or five or six advanced-placement courses because colleges demand it.

@Stanford Dean of Admissions

One thing we are trying to do is dispel the myth that a curriculum loaded to the brim with Advanced Placement courses—with no regard to a student’s happiness or personal interests—is a prerequisite for admission to Stanford. Such a course load is not required, nor is it always healthy… We try to explain to families that the students who will thrive at Stanford are those who are genuinely excited about learning, not necessarily those who take every single AP or Honors or Accelerated class

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<p>Regarding the AP English teacher, it would help to know more detail about how she was a bad teacher. For example, does she not cover course material similar to the AP exam? Are there interpersonal issues with students? Does she grade harshly? This is probably not the first and not the last time the student will have to deal with a bad teacher. Many students can handle a teacher who is poor without major issue. I’ve only had 1 teacher who was poor enough that I’d recommend others to skip the class. It occurred in a Linear Algebra class at SUNYA. What made the teacher so poor is he just didn’t care. This led to the students not caring and nearly everyone in the class not understanding the material. I was 1 of only 3 students in the class who took the final.</p>