<p>In terms of strength of schedule, should I be fine taking 8 AP's, the rest being honors classes? </p>
<p>The 8 are the following:
10th grade:
AP U.S. Government</p>
<p>11th Grade:
AP U.S. History
AP Chemistry
AP English Language</p>
<p>12th Grade:
AP Calculus BC
AP Statistics
AP Biology
AP Physics C</p>
<p>If you’re taking most of what your school allows you to, you’re fine.</p>
<p>I don’t want to hijack the thread but what if your school doesn’t offer that much AP classes and you self-study additional ones?</p>
<p>My school offers honors but certainly doesn’t offer as many APs as saints2009’s school (ie. no Physics, Lang, Gov, Chemistry, etc).</p>
<p>I think the typical admitted student only takes 5-6, so that number is above average. If you want to improve your application (and have fun these next few years!) look for ways to pursue your academic (and other) interests outside of class.</p>
<p>If your school doesn’t offer many APs, try to take community college courses, or whatever you can. Remember, MIT only compares you to your recourses. If you go to a school that offers 50 AP classes (I don’t think there are actually that many, but we’ll roll with it) then you have to take as many of them as you can just about. However, if your school only offers 2-3, take all of them and you’ll be in pretty good shape. They just want to see that you are academically motivated, which would help you be simmilar to the other students.</p>
<p>My school, for a couple of years, offered the most APs in the nation, and is still way up there, offering all but three (though I think Spanish Lit is offered only during years when 5+ students want to take it). So I took 9 classes + one community college course in place of one and am taking 12 tests. Well, two are Phys C, so that might be only 11 tests.</p>
<p>8 APs sounds like a very solid schedule anywhere.</p>