<p>One CB document said someone had taken 30 tests.</p>
<p>^Can you find a link? I haven’t been able to find anything, probably because I have no idea what I’m looking for.</p>
<p>I saw one document that said from 2007-2010 there were x students with x exams. It stopped at 4 with 24. It’s possible people have more now, after this year. </p>
<p>I highly doubt there’s a student out there who is fluent in Spanish, French, Chinese, Japanese, German, Latin, and Java.</p>
<p><a href=“Supporting Students from Day One to Exam Day – AP Central | College Board”>Supporting Students from Day One to Exam Day – AP Central | College Board;
<p>In 2006 one student had accumulated 30 AP exams. In 2008 a student had 28. Several have reached 25/26. It’s all in the archived AP data sets on collegeboard’s website.</p>
<p>Thanks for that. I had looked at the 2010 data, where the most anyone took in one year was 18. The data for 2006 says the most in one year was 15, so it looks like I’ve still tied the record for that.</p>
<p>Anyone know who the 30 exams person was? Theoretically, I could sign up for the other 9 exams I haven’t taken and earn at least a 2 by filling in the multiple choice with the same answer. So, maybe a rich kid with a lot of money to blow? I highly doubt that student earned 5s in Spanish, French, Chinese, Japanese, German, and Latin.</p>
<p>Where did it say how many students had taken x number of exams in the given year?</p>
<p>And I highly doubt someone would waste money to get 2s on exams. I don’t remember what tests were offered back then but now you can take 26 without any foreign language. So 27 maybe back when there was CompSci A/AB, and 28 if he had taken the C++ one before java. So maybe he learned Spanish, +2=30… Of course there are plenty of students competent in multiple foreign languages and Latin, though.</p>
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<p>I really want to know what scores he got :p</p>
<p>He could have not necessarily have been wasting that much money, since many schools pay for large parts of the tests.</p>
<p>I guess it is possible that they did all 3 Studio arts…and Chinese people can easily take 2 foreign language exams.</p>
<p>Science/Math/Social Studies/English APs: 22</p>
<p>Art APs: 3</p>
<p>Music: 1</p>
<p>Discontinued Science/Math/Social Studies/English: 1</p>
<p>Three left, that’s Spanish Lit/Lang+native Language.</p>
<p>^I think your counted discontinued one is the CompSci AB I mentioned? If he was a senior in 2006, I believe he could have taken CompSci with C++ (I think that was discontinued ~03?) also, which would mean he only needed native language + foreign or just both Spanish. If not, then either native+ 2 foreign/Spanish or a very impressive 3 foreign languages…
Can anyone find out when C++ was discontinued? I’m pretty much just too lazy lol.</p>
<p>edit: nevermind, I looked it up. C++ was discontinued after 2003, so that’s definitely a possibility.</p>
<p>Well, if the c++ cs test is counted independently from the java test, then they could have had 4 from computer science. CS A in C++, CS AB in C++, CS A in Java, CS AB in Java.</p>
<p>That would be extremely stupid though. :D</p>
<p>I believe there was only one C++ test ;p and besides, a senior in 2006 would have been a freshman the last year that test was available, and thus unable to take both levels (unless comp sci worked differently from calc)</p>
<p>I’ma take the 22 E/M/SS/S, I’ll try to take the three Arts Senior year, and I want to learn Latin/Japanese. That’s 27…depending on how much time I have Senior year, I can try to learn Spanish, which is another two, 29…damn my tone-deafness, I can’t take Music Theory (assuming you need to actually sing something from what I’ve read, if it’s possible to take this and do well without being able to sing please tell me)…if I want 30, I might have to take a crack at German. And if I want 31, then French and Chinese are the only two left, I’d choose French. That’s… Latin/Spanish/German/Japanese/French, in one year, along with 3 art APs. Dang. That’s not possible, stupid polyglots! </p>
<p>Ah well. I see a goal now, 31 APs (school will pay everything), I’ma do my best!</p>
<p>Even if I fail, I’ll have still learned a/some of a foreign language or two, which is a good thing…and it’s not like you need to actually learn the language to 5 the test, it’s the equivalent of 300 hours in a college course. That’s 1500 hours in one year I’d need to spend on languages…geez!</p>
<p>Lucky that your school will pay so you can try with no worries. </p>
<p>I wouldn’t take more than two languages in one year, especially if you’re not a native speaker for at least one. The language APs test your ability to use and understand the language, so unless you’re in a simultaneous immersion program for all of those languages at once then it’ll be extremely tough to even earn a 3. I’ve heard basic Latin is not difficult if you have good English vocabulary, and Japanese is a little bit similar to Chinese. French and Spanish and German are a bit similar but are quite different. Maybe if you studied each language for an hour every day leading up to the AP you’d be ready. Otherwise I wouldn’t.</p>
<p>Alright, I trust your advice, so I’ll stick with Latin and either Spanish or Japanese. At the very least, Latin. This is all in a year, I’ll decide after I’m finished with all 17 APs this year…Senior year should be relatively easy (I don’t have any IB classes to worry about). It’s just, I see an unbreakable record and want to break it, ya know?</p>
<p>Definitely. And actually, I just changed my mind about this. If your school is paying for the exams, I don’t see a reason not to take them. If you don’t do too well, it doesn’t matter, just cancel your score. (:</p>
<p>taking 30 tests would be way more impressive if you aced them all, rather than signed up merely because you weren’t required to pay, however 
and if you plan on self studying two languages in a year…do not even attempt Chinese or Japanese. Latin would be doable, but it’s most likely you won’t pass another language exam with a year of study. And I speak from experience…I made 5s on ~13 Aps, but 5 years of Spanish and I barely pulled off 3s on both exams- of course, I didn’t study adequately to prepare for the actual exams, but I figured so many years of Spanish classes would carry me to an extent.</p>
<p>I absolutely agree.</p>
<p>However, I see nothing wrong in wasting my school’s $87 to give French, German, or Japanese a try. At the very worst I’ll fill in C for every answer and try my best on the free response. If I get below a 3, I’ll cancel.</p>
<p>But I completely agree, Spanish was ridiculous even with 5 years of study and preparation for the AP I got a 4. Chinese as a native speaker was fine, but I am definitely not trying Spanish Lit.</p>
<p>yeah heck if my school payed for exams I’d have signed up for 6 or so more just to go for state scholar haha.</p>