<p>Ther is a reat deal of discussion about the average number of AP courses that students have that are admitted to various universitites. I m doing a comparative study regarding the universities and colleges listed in College Confidential. I there a way to find this information without having to research each individual university?
Thanks.</p>
<p>Personally, I think it has to do with how many APs a student has taken compared to the rest of his/her high school, not the rest of the college’s applicants. I don’t know any resources to help you sorry. =(</p>
<p>You could probably find the info somewhere but it would be somewhat meaningless. Students have very different access to AP classes. Some high schools offer a lot, some a few and some none at all. Some students take the test without taking the class and are granted credit for that. Some students don’t take any AP exams until senior year so they take the class but it isn’t part of the admissions equation. </p>
<p>So you could probably find out what the average number of AP credits students are awarded when they enroll but it won’t really tell you in what context students were evaluated, whether they took the course or only the exam, etc.</p>
<p>I would reocmmend picking a university or a couple of high schools, or something… sounds pretty impossible.</p>
<p>Plus, if you only used the people on this site, that would be pretty bias.</p>
<p>yeah my schools only has four AP classes total (AP Chem-Jr. year, AP gov., AP English, and AP Calc-Sr. year) and one Honors class (Honors Geometry, which i took freshman year). I’m taking them all just for this fact. it wont count against me. it better not.</p>
<p>If you’re trying to be very competitive, you should take at least 3 a year. In freshman year, they would love it if you had one, which would probably be AP CHEM since that’s pretty much the first one they offer. Classes like AP Psychology and AP Studio art don’t really count for much. If the courses aren’t in your strong area, don’t take so much though. It’s always better to keep your GPA up with honors courses than take 5 APs and get C’s in all of them.</p>