<p>Does anyone have a rough estimate of how many AP's are needed in CT for State AP Scholar? Will 18 be enough to make sure I win? I'm a guy if that helps.</p>
<p>are you saying that you took 4 APs in soph year and 7 APs jr year, and 7 APs sr year?</p>
<p>That is ridiculous, you might as well bs that every high school class you took was an AP.</p>
<p>And if you seriously took 18 APs, then you surely are state AP scholar and if you got 4 or 5 on all the exams.</p>
<p>Lol no I’m a freshman but have a special program that would let me do 12 APs through school by junior year and I plan to do 2 at home per year. No bs.</p>
<p>You probably need a few more. Connecticut is a pretty smart state so I would try for 20+. I saw that Florida last year was 24 and Alabama was 15. I’d say we’re probably closer to Florida, so if I were you I’d shoot for 22.</p>
<p>Only you know how smart you are though. As a freshmen you may be overestimating yourself, so unless you truly are one of the smartest/hardest working kids in the entire state I’d be careful.</p>
<p>Finish them and take the tests first. Then come back in a couple of years and ask.</p>
<p>Where can you see the number of APs per state? I want to know how many APs the state scholar took without giving my location.</p>
<p>I have to admit, I’m a freshman and I totally overestimated myself. I thought I could self study biology this year, but I haven’t even looked at the book since school started. I’m involved in so many activities its hard to find spare time.</p>
<p>Took 6 so far, no sweat.</p>
<p>Previous winners did it with 13, but I don’t have the full history.</p>
<p>Is it worth it to gun 7 out for State AP as a Junior? Only <50 have ever done it in the history of APs, AFAIK, and most applicant pools only have 1-5 people who won State AP as a junior</p>
<p>@Apollo11 is a FRESHMAN?!</p>
<p>@preamble1776
Was a freshman.</p>
<p>Did 6 as a Sophomore, very confident that they were all the 3+ required for State AP.</p>
<p>I’m currently planning to do:
AP Calc BC
AP Bio
AP US History
AP English Lang
AP Art History
AP World History
AP Environmental Science
AP Statistics</p>
<p>…@Apollo11 is a FRESHMAN?!</p>
<p>@preamble1776 </p>
<p>Look to the above post.</p>
<p>However, freshman me was incredibly deadly. Lacked compassion and was willing to die for causes. Freshman me would have done 8+ APs a year and gotten a 2400, but would also enjoy the pain of those who’d try to be like me, try to justify their “superiority” or compete in general. “Compete” really; freshman me would be incredibly competitive</p>
<p>Also known as sociopathy. </p>
<p>@preamble1776 </p>
<p>I remain a high-functioning sociopath.</p>
<p>However, nowadays, it’s the systematic use of psychological and philosophical principles in controlled settings to affect behavior and emotion that I’m more interested in. Now I mostly cause extreme social changes and create strange social situations, mostly at my peril, to protect those I love. Also, by isolating myself, I move further towards another thing, something that I’m not in control of, but something I must keep from imploding upon others.</p>
<p>Alrighty. </p>
<p>yep.</p>
<p>Anyway, APs?</p>
<p>Not to burst your bubble or anything, but I don’t think that getting AP Scholar is all that beneficial. Taking APs are more a prereq for top colleges nowadays than a boost. Besides, they’re damn expensive.</p>
<p>@LikeThis not necessarily. my county pays for our exams. </p>
<p>@LikeThis
It’s moderately prestigious, as it is essentially saying that you did the best on APs out of your entire state, and a very very small amount of people get it in time for college as compared to all those eligible.</p>
<p>Also, it’s better than nothing at all, I enjoy the AP classes, they’re cheaper than dual-enrollment and more rigorous than honors, etc.</p>
<p>Also, BTW, I’m talking about taking 20+ APs</p>
<p>Lastly, I’m a self-centered, egotistical person. I want the award. I want to be the 1-6 person/people of several hundred thousand test takers to win it as a junior, let alone be one of the 118 nationally. I’m going to work for it. </p>