<p>It matters because it is possible and people should try to do it, and not be discouraged by the people who say it is dumb or you can't have a life while doing that.</p>
<p>In the words of oasis, "the people who say that people who take insane amounts of AP classes have no life are just jealous."</p>
<p>So I don't want people to listen to them.</p>
<p>still, you should do if it has a point. you should take ap latin literature, or ap music theory, or even ap calculus, if you're a.) not getting college credit for it; b.) not fulfilling some requirment; or c.) you're not gonna pursue latin or music or math later on (some colleges don't require you to take calc)</p>
<p>same thing can be said for certains aps like ap calc ab and bc, and comp sci a and ab, and latin vergil/lit. they are redundant classes, latin in the sense that they both have a syllabus involving literature, vocabulary, and translation.</p>
<p>Your title is incorrect grammatically. Correct: Taking a lot of AP tests is neither insane nor difficult. Just by that, I can tell you're lying.</p>
<p>I think it is insane when I see people taking two or even three foreign language AP's + english. The other stuff is hard work but not impossible, but I can't imagine balancing three languages like that.</p>
<p>Wow. Brilliant detective work, azsxdc.</p>
<p>How do you all have time to study for AP's on your own? I'm not saying that it's crazy to take a lot of AP tests if you can do reasonably well, but why spend the time studying for a test that your school doesn't offer a class in unless you need it for college. I would die trying to take all those tests. I'm happy just to have taken the five classes my school offers.</p>
<p>considering these stats true, i think you forgot to think about that a normal person even a person who is very smart getting a 5 in most classes besides the blowoff ones requires a good amount of work. I am glad you are a super genious, but everyone is not like you.</p>
<p>I agree with jclay2.</p>
<p>The thing I noticed about the OP is that he took like 2-3 tests for each subject matter.</p>
<p>Like 2 Latins, 3 Physics. To me, if you downsize the list from there, you really didn't take THAT many.</p>
<p>I would've been amazed with I saw 2 languages.</p>
<p>Well, I'm taking German and Italian this year. The key is to take the languages you learn at the same time in the same years. I learned spanish all of middle school and high school, so I took it a year earlier.</p>
<p>It doesn't exactly take "detective work" to notice your title was incorrect. Not like he had to go searching or anything.</p>
<p>It was sarcasm, son.</p>
<p>Some people do have lives and other things to do, other than study for AP exams. A job, friends, entertainment, and fun are some things that people do.</p>
<p>Sure, you can pass the AP exam, but can you apply any of information to real world use? No. Thats why I'd rather not take that many AP tests because I'd actually like to learn in college.</p>
<p>I want to add that quite a number of AP classes, and I know you demonstrated much effort, time, and energy, including your youth, to acculuate such outstanding scores. Did you take all courses for each AP or self-studied some? Also, why did you take Latin, AB and BC Calculus and all three Physics exams, wouldn't been a little wiser to do something else like research, playing an musical instrument, etc.? I'm not saying you did anything wrong, but you will definitely be above and beyond most freshman college students and I glad for you. Everyone is different, it's the nature of the universe we have to accept.</p>
<p>I want to weigh in on iwasnotatypo's behalf. While no individual AP test may be considered terribly difficult (though I may disagree about Physics C) taking any significant number of them probably is. However, while typo may be slightly extreme in his degree, I think it is necessary to take a certain number of AP tests to show colleges a level of intellectual maturity. Previous posts have argued the futilty of taking many APs because they will not translate into college credit. However they will play a factor in college admissions, which I believe many people take APs for in the first place. However, APs are just tests. Having 7-10 tests going into senior year shows maturity, but that maturity should be backed up with independent research, college classes, etc. Also, taking too broad a palette of APs shows good test skills but little enthusiasm for a specific field. THerefore tests like the AMC or USABO etc are also essential. But back to the main point, that "Taking a lot of AP tests is not insane nor is it difficult." Certainly it is not insane, and it is doable (I personally know someone with stats similar to typo's). And on that premise typo is correct. But after 7-10 tests going into senior year, each extra one brings reduced return with increasingly more expenses (time and money).</p>
<p>On a sidenote, I think typo should be commended for his achievement. If he had taken the math/science exams by senior year, he would probably win the Siemens AP scholarship. And typo's aim in encouraging students to take more AP tests is also correct (until they hit the 7-10 range).</p>
<p>I believe on CC, the average is about 10-14. I'm finishing 13 at graduation, and I don't think it's that much compared to the students that finished over 20. At my school, 13 AP would be considered "insane" already, but I decided to take this many, because I wanted to explore subjects that might interest me, maybe encourage me to major in that subject in college. Thus, maybe TYPO was doing the same approach, exploring subjects that might interest him/her for a career.</p>
<p>I have 12 5s under my belt already, and yeah applying the info is important. That's why I'm doing the theta level mu alpha theta competitions next year, gunning for IChO, and aiming for USAMO as well. I'm not aiming to take 8 - 10 more next year; what's the point? If I like math/science/history, why should I take more APs that don't affect those fields?</p>