<p>can you self-study for APs senior year? If i were to self-study a few junior year and then earn respectable stats and then added to my resume that i am also self studing _____ and ______ senior year, do you think that it would look pretty good?</p>
<p>haha...does he call it sig figs? I think that this is just the begining, and htne it is going to get TOUGH.</p>
<p>nahh i doubt it because most kids cant understand what he says....</p>
<p>and one more thing: hes indian and so i expected hes gonna favor me and be nice to me u know, well i was wrong.</p>
<p>Well the thing is- they are cool for taking ap classes, which are very hard. Those people (including myself) spend thousands of hours preparing for them, i think they HAVE THE RIGHT TO FEEL COOL AND HOT, after all this is the only thing they get out of AP!
PS: and in the sophmores' defence- remember every one has a first time, as a matter of fact I also felt cool when I took 3 APs in my freshman year. This is exactly why i created this tread so people can celebrate their achivements with others, and if you find taking 7 APs not cool than TRY TAKING ENOUGH OF THEM TO MAKE YOU FEEL COOL, FOOL!</p>
<p>yes i do indeed!</p>
<p>First off, I was being vindictive just trying to infuse some humor. Secondly, I have not graduated from high school, nor am I currently in college. I am a high school senior. However, I WAS accepted to two schools last year AS a Junior. I did commit to UPenn but I am not bound to go there. </p>
<p>I'm not saying APs are all there is to life, I was just trying to be funny, alright? So at the current moment I have 13 AP tests taken. By the end of high school I will have between 20-22 tests done. That's just what I do. Of course I do more, and if you're interested you can check out my other posts. Anyway, props to people who've done more than 13 by the end of their Junior year. 10 itself is an achievment and it's cool to be in the same boat as y'all pwners.</p>
<p>actually people can take calc BC as a sophmore. In fact I know a kid who took it as an 8th grader.</p>
<p>^
It depends on the school, really.</p>
<p>no offense and dont take this personally</p>
<p>THIS DOES NOT PERTAIN TO ALL OF YOU</p>
<p>but people who take aps that are not offered as part of the regular high school curriculum or people who take a whole bunch of college classes while in HIGH SCHOOL try WAY TOO HARD! and apparently have boring lives</p>
<p>you guys who do this will not get any extra benefits from the top colleges. Prove me wrong, find me an article that says taking 20 APs is much better than taking the most offered part of the regular curriculum.</p>
<p>I am going to have taken 5-6 APs and 6 IB tests(on the side for the IB program) by the time i graduate this is all part of the most rigerous program in my school</p>
<p>with these many tests i have never taken a college class or self-study AP, yet there is no difference between me and you in TERMS OF COLLEGE ACCEPTANCE AND ADMISSION</p>
<p>also, i have a great social life unlike alot of you who are all school and no fun.</p>
<p>even stanford doesnt approve of people like you and prefer me better. Look at there admissions policy. </p>
<p>So think about it more studying, less fun, and no benefit towards getting an admission to your college of choice. WHO'S THE REAL WINNER? PEOPLE LIKE ME OR PEOPLE LIKE YOU?</p>
<p>wheelmann421...</p>
<p>Your post bizarrely contradicts itself. You start off by saying "no offense and dont take this personally" yet end in an all-caps flourish: "WHO'S THE REAL WINNER? PEOPLE LIKE ME OR PEOPLE LIKE YOU?"</p>
<p>Essentially, you're saying "haha, you work harder than me but have less of a chance at college". If that's your argument, you might want to wait until after decisions come in. After all, if your belief is valid, this year's admission cycle can only confirm it, no?</p>
<p>And while you're writing your college essays, try not to say things like "the most rigerous program", "prefer me better", and "look at there admissions policy". </p>
<p>Sorry... since you're so sure you have a better shot at college, I might as well comment about that pesky grammar business.</p>
<p>ownage..........</p>
<p>I don't think it is ownage...but I kind of agree with wheelman.</p>
<p>I think it is ownage....and I suggest you should probably shut your mouth and stop talking.......</p>
<p>........:D........:D.......:D</p>
<p>It depends on what wheelman is saying. If he means that "all else being equal, Stanford will accept a candidate with fewer APs over one with more", he's certainly wrong.</p>
<p>If he really means that Stanford will accept, say, a candidate with 4 APs and significant recognition in some EC over a candidate with 15 APs and no such recognition, he's probably right.</p>
<p>I'd just like to say that there isn't necessarily a tradeoff here. Not many of us can take 100 spare hours (around what it takes to study for a truckload of extra APs) and conjure some impressive extracurricular involvement. If everyone can take that time and add something else that's truly substantive to their applications, they should. But honestly, I don't think that's usually realistic - more likely, a person will just add some filler activity that he or she doesn't really care about and won't benefit from.</p>
<p>I understand that my last paragraph was a bit strange, since it seemed to tacitly endorse the view that "we should do everything with college in mind". That isn't my perspective - I'm just responding to wheelman's specific assertion about college admissions.</p>
<p>first of all, this is a casual post, only a grammer nerd would give a care about how these posts are worded. (your post has a plethera of mistakes as well)</p>
<p>i have already applied to a few top schools, and yes i did say im in the most rigerous program possible. the IB program is hard as hell yet i still don't go over board and i have a life</p>
<p>the fact is you still haven't proven me wrong. all you did was criticize my grammer (your's isn't that good either) and mentioned something about my college letters</p>
<p>Find me a valid source from a strong univerisity or a group of school advisors that say taking 20 APs is better for college acceptance than taking the hardest curriculum a high school offers. </p>
<p>Unlike you i have proof to back my arguments. I dont just talk bs about someones grammer. Stanford's admission policy says for you to enjoy your life while staying in the strongest curriculum suitable for you. They said taking superfluous APs is not looked upon with any better.</p>
<p>next time you talk crap against me, don't talk about the unnecessary stuff like grammer and my college letters. Talk about the MAJOR POINTS of discussion and THEN BACK THEM UP WITH FACTS LIKE I DID.</p>
<p>feel free to post a link as contrary evidence against my argument. Lol if one existed and if you can find time in your unnecessary, boring life of study.</p>
<p>this my readers is </p>
<p>OWNAGE!!</p>
<p>random person</p>
<p>colleges will accept some student with more APs taken only if someone else had the exact same stats with less APs taken.</p>
<p>this does not happen a lot believe or not</p>
<p>other then that there is not point to taking 20 APs</p>
<p>plethera-----> should be plethora</p>
<p>Ironic considering you were talking about nitpicking about grammar.</p>
<p>Not serious OWNAGE...</p>
<p>i only said ownage because it was randomperson and I always do because he takes things too seriously.</p>
<p>"THEN BACK THEM UP WITH FACTS LIKE I DID"</p>
<p>Where were the facts in your post?</p>
<p>actually......that would probably be using 1337 or pwnge, but I mean who is counting anyway (not me.....:D)</p>
<p>Okay, so I guess this would probably be your answer:</p>
<p>"Stanford's admission policy says for you to enjoy your life while staying in the strongest curriculum suitable for you."</p>
<p>What else do you think they would say? Something like this?</p>
<p>"We despise the idea of high school students having free time, and believe that they should work until they either die or are accepted to Stanford."</p>
<p>Of course not. Admissions offices are well aware of the perception that students overload themselves with work to improve their college chances - a perception they don't want to encourage. But that doesn't mean that Stanford is going to accept a student with weaker academic qualifications (APs are only a part of this category) over a student with stronger ones, all else being equal.</p>
<p>Taking the most rigorous courseload possible is important. Did any of us say that we haven't? That seems to be your assumption.</p>