Why are you taking so many AP's?

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<p>Any reason? Genuinely curious as to why students take AP's at all (benefits from their school, etc)</p>

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<p>challenge myself/prove my mastery of a wide range of subjects</p>

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<p>Personally, I’m hoping to get enough credit to enter school as a sophomore so I can actually get the classes I need to graduate despite the budget crunch.</p>

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<p>challenge myself, I get bored in regular classes, I don’t deal well with people I view as slackers in regular classes, college credit, look good for college apps.</p>

<p>Many people do also because you can have a weighted GPA, which raises it and looks good to colleges. My school doesn’t weight our GPAs for honors and APs, so it sucks.</p>

<p>If I passed all my AP tests this year and add that to the ones I already have, I’ll have enough to be a sophomore by credits in college this fall. I took 5 APs this year.</p>

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<p>I wish it was to learn. But that’s not it. </p>

<p>Most of them are for earning college credit in subjects unrelated to my major.</p>

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<p>Exams? To assess my level of mastery.
Classes? To learn
Self studies? Also to learn</p>

<p>Sounds trite, but that’s really why I do them. Yes, I can’t pretend there is no benefit of taking AP’s for my college chances, but I wouldn’t call that my primary motivation by a long shot.</p>

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<p>Why not? You can save tons on getting credit. The class is essentially free, except for the test, which isn’t that bad.</p>

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<p>all very valid responses. again, just curious. i’m happy for all of you and your dedication.</p>

<p>i’d like to add that AP classes pale in comparison in difficulty compared to real college classes though, so just get the credit for the unrelated major classes.</p>

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<p>We pay $50 for the class as well as the $90 for the test. sucks</p>

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<p>Mostly the college credit and demonstration of academic rigor in HS. We pay $0 for our AP exams (they’re paid for us in Florida) so every exam makes a huge difference in terms of credit towards college.</p>

<p>Also, HS would be very boring without them. Once exposed, it’s almost unbearable to consider a schedule without some challenging classes.</p>

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<p>College Apps, some college credit, to avoid being with people who don’t care at all about school, to be with my friends (most of whom are in AP classes).</p>

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<p>Honors is way too easy, so gotta go with the next level.</p>

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<p>–Regular/Honors classes are too easy/peers are comparatively stupid
–Incentive to learn (especially self-studies)
–Boredom in school
–Maybe some college credit
–Doesn’t hurt on applications
–GPA boost</p>

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<p>pretty much what everyone else is saying</p>

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<p>Make my stats better</p>

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<p>Because I aint no ■■■■■</p>

<p>lol but in all seriousness I took 7 APs this year, Comp Sci, Lit, Calc AB, Bio, Physics C(both exams) and Microeconomics. I took them simply to get college credit to be honest as I really want to start my engineering classes early. I also took 3 junior year.</p>

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<p>Well, my school offers like 20 AP courses and I go to a pretty competitive high school and so it is the norm for us.</p>

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<p>I’ve taken 8 AP classes throughout high school, and my only reason for taking them was to look better in the admission officers’ eyes.</p>

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<p>A while ago, I would’ve said I’m doing it for the college credit. But now I’m realizing that I might not actually want to skip a lot of the things AP credit exempts me from, just to be able to learn those fundamentals in a college environment.</p>

<p>At this point, I’m taking AP classes so I don’t feel like I’m slacking. In all honesty, most classes at my high school are a joke, academically, especially the electives. AP courses seem to be the only worthwhile classes, the ones where both the teachers and the students care at least a little bit.</p>

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<p>In addition to going to competitive school, to challenge myself. I took one regulars class in ninth grade (a mandatory computer class) and hated it. I also hated honors. I hate AP the least, because it encourages self-study (survival of the fittest, yo). It also has topics and textbooks that I’m genuinely interested in and end up loving. I want to be the best at what I do.</p>

<p>There’s that, my goal to be valedictorian, and my hopes of winning State Scholar. Too bad I live in Texas, haha.</p>

<p>I don’t do a lot of extraordinary things outside of academics and art. No debate, no profound leadership positions (except with French which I love). I channel most of my energy into art and learning. I guess that’s why.</p>