<p>Someone who graduated in 2012 had 30 exams. What state are you from garfield? I just finished my junior year and i’m at 20</p>
<p><a href=“http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/research/number_of_exams_per_student_2012.pdf[/url]”>http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/research/number_of_exams_per_student_2012.pdf</a></p>
<p>I hope you guys do realize that the major path for your college will probably only use 5-7 of these exams for any sort of credit (the majority being elective credit). Every test beyond that is wasted time and money, and I kind of feel bad for the kids that actually self-studied just to try and get an award that they won’t use ever unless they are trying to transfer to a new college. Some other points to consider:</p>
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<li>Colleges don’t/cant consider AP scores in the senior year for admissions. One could argue with validity that many don’t care about ANY scores, but rather the grades in those classes. This is backed up by the fact that you only self report AP scores, instead of sending the scores like you would with one of the three letter tests from hell. As an extension of this logic, colleges don’t really care about any self studied AP, except maybe if you taught yourself a language and got a five (fairly impressive accomplishment).</li>
<li>Some colleges don’t give credit for APs. What happens if you get into a wonderful school like Stanford, and realize you wasted 30-50 hours of test taking time and a thousand bucks?</li>
<li>Most, if not all colleges would rather see a person with a handful of AP classes a year and a few solid activities than a person with 15+ APs. Plus, being well rounded is a good thing in general, and as people have argued previously, its much harder to make friends studying multiple hours a night than it is while on a sports team or club.</li>
<li>What if you take 25 tests with all 5’s and end up getting jack ****? Somewhere out there, there is someone with more time to study and better resources than you have. Its a sad truth for many kids that have devoted so much time for nothing.</li>
<li>Getting a five on an exam does not, DOES NOT mean you have mastered the topic or even learned it enough to be well prepared for your college courses that build on that test. My only three was on AP macroecon, b/c I learned it with a normal college textbook which happened to cover very different material than what the collegeboard recommends. Does that mean I don’t know anything about macroecon? Absolutely not, and at some colleges I would be better prepared than students that learned from a collegeboard recommended book. </li>
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<p>None of this is meant to attack AP state scholars, because a small number of them may actually like learning so many random things just for the sake of learning. I just want to warn kids of how much time and money they are likely to waste going down this road. Go outside and learn a sport, you’ll like it!</p>
<p>Total of 19 tests with an average score of 4.42</p>
<p>Sophomore Year:
AP Statistics: 5</p>
<p>Junior Year:
AP Biology: 5
AP Calculus BC: 5
AP Chemistry: 5
AP Computer Science: 4
AP Environmental Science: 5
AP Physics B: 5
AP World History: 4</p>
<p>Senior Year:
AP Art History: 4
AP English Literature: 3
AP European History: 3
AP Human Geography: 5
AP Macroeconomics: 3
AP Microeconomics: 4
AP Physics C E&M: 5
AP Physics C Mech: 5
AP Psychology: 5
AP US Government and Politics: 4
AP US History: 5</p>
<p>Same. Got my state scholar today for 17 AP’s from the AP website after seeing email. Basically, followed Emily Xie in 1 year except didn’t take as much as she did in 1 year, barely got double digit AP’s myself last year. Got 3 4’s, rest 5’s. Wonder how this will help my common app? Maybe get up to 22 this year unless senioritis kicks in. I’m a boy btw.</p>
<p>2013 New York Female</p>
<p>17 total exams with an average of 4.82</p>
<p>5: 15 (Physics B, Chem, Stats, Lang, USH, Macro, Micro, Bio, Calc BC, Lit, US Gov, Comparative Gov, Latin, Psych, Chinese)
4: 1 (Euro)
3: 1 (Studio Art)</p>
<p>I was pleasantly surprised because I didn’t think 17 for NY was spectacularly high, but whatever 
Congrats to everyone else!</p>
<p>Do you get your state ap scholar award with the other ap awards in the mail? Or does it come separately? And does it show up on the website above the scores if you are state ap scholar?</p>
<p>@whatdoyouthink: now I know what state you live in
(Not in a stalker ish way.)</p>