What AP's did you take and when?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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Please include score too !! (I’m just trying to get an idea of what most people score on aps and what type they take)

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There’s no one size fits all.

Top colleges want to see 4-8 APs or IB or Dual enrollment (/PSEO, Running Start) classes.

Among those, AP English Language is generally considered a must have, then add an AP history, an Ap science (one or more from bio, Chem, or or phys preferred, especially if aiming for stem), an AP math (calculus preferred, expected if aining for stem), AP foreign language, and then anything else of interest.

It’s not the number of AP s but how they align with your college plans and personal interests.

So a future stem major could have AP calculus, AP bio, Chem and physics 1, plus AP CS Principles and CS A, and only 1-2 AP in the humanities/social sciences. A future humanities or social science major could have AP English language and literature, AP foreign language, two AP history, AP econ and gov, AP art history or art, but only 1-2 AP math and science.

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In addition to what @MYOS1634 says, be aware that the students on College Confidential are not a representative subset of HS students.

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Thank you!

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Haha yeah I know. I’m just extremely curious on what aps people have taken

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Our school offered AP classes for history, English, Calc AB, and economics. My D took one in freshman and sophomore year, and two in junior and senior year.

It depends on what your school offers, and what your interests are.

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What AP’s does your school offer? What are you interested in studying? The advice I gave to my son’s is pick the AP classes that most interest you since you would have a better chance of doing well in those classes. Also ask other students for recommendations especially regarding teachers.

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My school offers all the APs for math, science, English, none of language and couple of the history. I would like to go into college a political science or history major with a minor in either biology and/or a language

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Soph: AP Euro

Junior: AP English Comp, AP US, AP Bio, AP Psych

Senior: AP English Lit, AP US Gov’t, AP Calc BC, AP Environmental Science, AP Italian, AP Economics (self-study)

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Freshman: AP Euro (4)

Sophomore: AP Studio Art 2D (Photoography) (4), AP Calc BC (5), AP Computer Science A (5)



I’m doing full time dual enrollment junior and senior year so no AP classes.

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Very impressive

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DD16
Freshman:Computer Science A 5
Sophomore: World History 4
Junior: Calculus BC 5, English Language 5, US History 5, Physics1 5, Physics2 4, Chemistry 5
Senior: German 5, Music Theory 4, Physics C: Mechanics 5, Physics C: Electricity 5, English Lit 5

DS18
Freshman:Computer Science A 5
Sophomore: World History 4, Physics1 5, Physics2 4
Junior: (waiting on scores): Calculus BC, English Language, Physics C: Mechanics, Physics C: Electricity, Psychology
Senior (will be talking): Chinese, English Lit, Chemistry, Economics, American Gornment, Statistics

DS20
Freshman (waiting on scores): Computer Science A, Human Geo
Sophomore (will be taking) World History, Chemistry, Physics 1, Physics 2

note: our school teaches Physics 1 and 2 as one class