<p>Damn. You fools are badasses. No one at my school takes that many. Well, except for me. I've taken 21 (1 2 9 9) AP tests.</p>
<p>typo, did you go to TAG by any chance?</p>
<p>will be taking 3 junior year- french lang, english language, us history
more senior year</p>
<p>Wow - so many APs. I still haven't taken any... Next year (Junior year), I will take 3-AP English Language, AP Modern European History, and AP US History. Then senior year I will probably take AP English Literature, AP Calculus AB, and AP Stats. So, that is only 6. My school offers 9, but I can't take AP Art or AP Music Theory, and don't care to take AP Biology.</p>
<p>No, I don't even know what that stands for. I went to Friendswood High School, which is a pretty normal high school by most standards.</p>
<p>I'm curious as to know people's scores on some of these tests...seriously, taking that many, do you pass them all? And also, do you guys take elective classes for fun? I've had a minimum of 2 (next year 4) performing arts classes each year of high school and sorry, but I prefer to focus on my passions than on showing some College Board fools that I can fill in bubbles.</p>
<p>But yes, I guess I'm a bit nerdy. I'll have nine to eleven (depends) AP's by the time I'm done with high school (physics b, calc bc, biology, literature/composition, language/composition, art history, computer science, psychology, us history, maybe spanish/euro/govt/music theory). My school doesn't offer a lot of them.</p>
<p>Yeah..taking tests and doing well is another thing. Notice that at Little Rock Central High School, which someone claimed took a lot of AP tests, only 37% got a 3 or higher. My school offers 27 I think. (Econ and GoPo ppl usually take both tests for one class) Our total amt of tests taken last year was 649, total school population around 1200. The rate of a 3 or higher was 96%. People rarely self-study for tests. You can only take 2 soph year, none frosh. We have a huge music program, and there are few highly motivated ppl who would take a lot of APs who don't have band, chor, or orch taking up a class. So the people who take the most usually have 2 soph year, 4 jun, 5 sen. I will have 11 by the time I graduate-1 soph, 4 jun, 5 sen (plus extra econ).</p>
<p>I DO take elective classes for fun. The AP teachers at my school are all really cool. Unlike many of the honors classes at our school, ap classes have teachers who actually care about the students.</p>
<p>U.S. History and Bio are god-awful subjects for imo, but the classes were interesting nonetheless.</p>
<p>Seriously though...I want to know how many of you AP-obsessors have failed a couple of those 15+ tests you've taken...</p>
<p>And who knows! Maybe you've done wonderfully. And I can absolutely commend you for that.</p>
<p>Ill get back to you as I have 8 coming back, but my average for the first 6 was 4.5. Really if you look back on the AP scores thread last year most people that take many exams tend to do well. Perhaps they are lying though.</p>
<p>Oh no I doubt anyone's lying. AP tests are generally achievement tests; it's not too tough for a reasonably inclined person to do well. I just can't fathom cramming that many AP tests into my high school career with everything else I have (and love) to do. I've gotten 5's on all of the tests I've taken (awaiting this year's scores and then next year), so I know it can be done...It's just...gah...overkill, no? Even for me and I'll only have 10/11 by the end of high school.</p>
<p>Isn't it students like many of us that cause colleges not to want to give credit for AP tests taken? Because they know we can cram a year's worth of material into a week and then garner a very decent score, while not necessarily knowing the subject perfectly and retaining it?</p>
<p>Why is it overkill? If I can pick up a Physics C textbook and learn the material in two weeeks with the AP test as motivation, why shouldn't I? It's challenging oneself to do well and learn additional material. What are the negative aspects of it? The money--$52 per test for me--is not an important consideration. Even if I get credit for only one class, all 21 AP tests have been paid off. So there's no reason not to, if I'm able to. The only reason most people don't take that many tests is because they can't; they can't learn that much information in a year, especially when they have to teach themselves most of it. I can; out of 12 tests I've had 11 5s. I'll get back to you in July about the other 9. Criticizing people who take many tests is pointless.</p>
<p>Sophomore: 1
Junior: 4
Senior: 3-4 (haven't decided on AP Chem yet)</p>
<p>Total: 8-9</p>
<p>Well I think since kids are able to do this with relative ease, it should give the collegeboard incentive to make the curves tougher. I think if the test can be studied for in a few days and the kid can get a 5 on it, it is not challenging enough. This is a collegeboard problem, and I think thats the reason why colleges are more hesitant about giving credit to people.</p>
<p>I'm not intending to criticize anyone. I'm just questioning it, especially in regard to what ryan2288 just said above. Although I definitely commend you, i wasatypo, for having the intellectual capacity to pull that off. Even I slacked off all year in APUSH and learned it all in the week before the test and (hopefully) did well. It's a plus that the tests are made so that we can do that sort of thing, but I don't know. I just sometimes feel it should take more than that to do well, like I'm cheating because I CAN just review some material really quick and pass the test.</p>
<p>I feel like such a lowlife. By end of senior year I will have taken only 6...:(</p>
<p>But my school offers very few AP courses. :(</p>
<p>so why do people take APs their senior year?</p>
<p>Because you can get college credit, and colleges like to see that you are challenging yourself even senior year. And some people, myself included, actually like to take challenging courses with the best teachers in the school. The best teachers usually teach the highest level classes. My school has several APs that only seniors can take- Econ, Psych, Lit, Calc unless you went to a different school and the math levels were different, and French and Spanish Lit unless you're a native speaker or something.</p>
<p>Isn't there a chinese girl who 5ed all 20 AP tests and got into Harvard?</p>
<p>^^^ I wouldnt doubt it.</p>