<p>My son will graduate with 10.5 AP classes under his belt. He has been accepted to U of Mich. I think it all depends on the courses your HS offers. Our HS does not offer weighted honors classes but does have the IB program, so if you are not IB you need to have a lot of AP to rank high against the IB kids. Overall, I think a student needs to be a balanced well rounded individual. Pick the EC’s that you are passionate about and stick with them for 3-4 years. (music programs, sports, tutoring, NHS, newspaper, clubs that you remained in for 4 years and are now an officer are all good ones) Admitts are really bored by the laundry list of flash in the pan resume building committments that kids submit. They really know the difference.</p>