I think the high demand for AP classes needs to be balanced with who is making the demand. My daughter had a friend who should not have been in any AP classes, yet got into a few by just 'demanding’them, but really just signing up for them. Art History was one. Why should an AP teacher have to deal with a student who never went to class and who didn’t do the homework just because she wanted to be in Art History? Why should the other kids in chemistry or calc have to wait while those who shouldn’t be in a class move quickly through the material? Schools have reasons for the cut offs for honors or AP classes. I don’t agree with them all, but I’m not running the school either. Almost all of the students took APUSH. Are there really that many more qualified students who want to take AP history than AP something else? Is half the grade level really advanced?