<p>I agree with iwasnotatypo in what he's trying to say, that APs are excellent ways to motivate students and I think making APs subsidized or free is a great idea. I was just trying to point out that AP isn't the panacea for unmotivated students and shouldn't be overly emphasized.</p>
<p>"I'm white." -iwasnotatypo</p>
<p>enough said</p>
<p>"I'm white"</p>
<p>Damn, this is why I hate white people...</p>
<p>Aw ****, i'm white</p>
<p>I wasn't stating I was white out of a sense of racial superiority. I was asked about my race.</p>
<p>"iwasnotatypo are you asian by any chance?"</p>
<p>iwasnotatypo, what college are you going to and what are you majoring in?</p>
<p>Wow, you guys pay big bucks for testing. Thanks goodness for waivers.... which might very well be a curse. Hmmm.... To have money and spend much, or to have little and spend none (at least on testing/applications).</p>
<p>Oh, also... if this was what you claim you intended it to be, then I feel sorry for you, since it was met with immediate hostility, but if it wasn't, then..... "Latin Vergil:3" I'm so very disappointed.</p>
<p>well i dont have a list that impressive but this year i had</p>
<p>AP Calc BC- 5
AP Physics B-5
AP Stats- 5
AP US Government- 5
AP Euro History- 5
AP English Language- 4</p>
<p>still had a life, tests didnt take that much effort, i felt like i could have taken four more</p>
<p>Took 8 in one year and got all 5s. My mile time speaks for the "life" I have ;).</p>
<p>But it is difficult if you play 2-3 sports a year as well as do other clubs. If you can manage all of that, then the tests are easy. I recommend summer studying. It made everything much easier and kept me sane because I already knew what I was being taught.</p>
<p>I have seven 5's and one four in two years of testing, and I definately agree with the title of this thread.</p>
<p>It is possible to maintain a very active social and EC life whilst studying for all of those exams, most of which I did on my own. I think the people who say that people who take insane amounts of AP classes have no life are just jealous. Now if they had the time and ability to take so many APs and earn decent grades, I personally think they'll be dancing to another tune.</p>
<p>The main mistake that the OP makes is assuming that because he's done it, EVERYBODY can do it. Well, I have to say, taking that many AP exams and getting 5's on all of them but one would be "difficult" for almost everyone on this site, and CC is supposedly the cream of the crop. Frankly, the OP doesn't realize that many of us are not as intelligent as he is. And like some people said already, some people have jobs, sports, and clubs that just eat up all their free time.</p>
<p>And, to the OP, I know you say that you didn't mean to brag, and I believe you, but I can see how other people would think so. You might want to be careful about starting threads about your accomplishments and then assuming that it's not difficult for others to do the same thing. </p>
<p>Congrats on those scores though; you really do deserve serious props.</p>
<p>iwasnotatypo, who really cares if you have 50000000 5s on AP exams? I bet some kid who has only 5 5s can be more successful in life than you. AP tests, sure they measure to a certain extent, but after that, they are useless in predicting real world performance.</p>
<p>What does predict "REAL WORLD" performance?</p>
<p>nothing. AP tests might predict college success, but no one can be for sure. they definitely do not predict real world success (except, perhaps, that a person who gets so many fives displays drive and that could translate into success in the real world.)</p>
<p>Ganas translates into real world success? Ganas can manifest in different ways from a person to person.</p>
<p>I'm just saying, a lot of 5s doesn't mean ****. Sure, it may prove you can study well and you know a lot about each subject, but I can assure you, a year after you take your exam, you will have forgotten EVERYTHING.</p>
<p>"a year after you take your exam, you will have forgotten EVERYTHING."</p>
<p>You are right; we do forget lot in a year. Even college seems point less in some ways; if we work hard for four years in college, and get “A’s”; will we pass the same test when we are forty years old? I don't think so.</p>
<p>OK iwasnotatypo, point being if you have 55 (now 56) posts saying you're doing something wrong, you probably are. Wow, you have great credentials yes. You may be very smart and find AP classes easier and less time-consuming than most students. You may actually have a life, although I doubt it if you feel the need to start this thread in the first place. The bottom line is that there's no reason to</p>
<p>1) list the 5000 AP classes you've taken
2) say others are ignorant for thinking they're hard when you in fact are the ignorant one for trying to judge others study habits/abilities/their social life and the time they have for things.</p>
<p>You sound like a rich prep school jerk off who doesn't understand why everyone isn't as good as you.</p>
<p>And just for the record, I play football and lacrosse for my high school team, am on student council, academic team, and will have taken ONLY 11 AP classes by the end of my senior year (Class of 2008), and I will probably get into college just fine thank you.</p>
<p>everyone is so sensitive, calm down..</p>
<p>Haha!!
Wow this is quite funny. First of all I think its ironic that at my school the tests only cost $20 (they got a grant) but everyone freaks out about them so much that they typically only take 1 or 2. Everyone who is taking a massive amount of tests should transfer over to my school ;) . </p>
<p>Anyhow, I've been kind of wondering about this lately. Are AP test really as hard as everyone makes them seem? </p>
<p>Last year I took AP chemistry, AP stats, and a US history class "that goes through everything that is covered on the AP test." So I planned on taking those 3 tests. I took an AP chemistry class the first half of the school year and by the time May rolled around I realized I had forgotten EVERYTHING.
I took AP stats the second half of the year and it seemed like the easiest class on my schedule and I didn't study outside of class at all. My US history class spanned both 9th and 10th grade (for some reason thats how they do it at my school) and so by May I knew the last part of US history but the first half had been long forgotten.
So naturally, I freaked out. </p>
<p>I did no outside studying for AP stats and got a 4. (I should have gotten a 5 according to the practice tests that I took but stupid question #6 screwed me up if that means anything to anyone. It seemed to be quite a memorable question for a lot of people ;) )</p>
<p>I studied for about one week straight for AP US history and had to relearn the first 100 years completely. I ended up with another 4.</p>
<p>After I was done with history I turned my thoughts to chemistry. I truly didn't think I could pass it. I hadn't really understood everything in class and it seemed impossible to relearn something that I had never understood in the first place. I studied for a few hours the weekend before but I couldn't seem to concentrate for very long. The day before the test I was freaking out so much that I couldn't study. Finally, that evening before the test I had my first (and last) good study session and learned a few things I had not even understood in class (such as what a KSP was lol). The next day I took the test and felt great. Somehow I had managed a 4 on that test as well.</p>
<p>Looking back on it... for one test I just took the class
for one test I studied for a week
and for one test I crammed for the night before</p>
<p>True I only got three 4s and by no means is it as good as iwasnotatypo. However, I do think that I did minimal studying and still had good results. For my Junior year I definitely want to take more that three tests and I am aiming for 5s. :) </p>
<p>And iwasnotatypo- How exactly did you go about studying for a test without a class? Do you have any good books or websites to recommend?</p>
<p>I don't really feel the need to respond to many of the dumb posts, especially colin512's recent one (although I would like to say that I definitely do NOT go to a prep school--far from it). And brightside, for science and math tests, you'll probably need a textbook to study and do practice problems, but any other test is really easy if you just read a review book like Barron's the night before.</p>
<p>The point is...why does it matter? Some ppl think its hard, some ppl think its easy. It's not worth a discussion over. In fact, it is a complete waste of time to discuss because difficulty level is relative per person.</p>