<p>I am planning on taking like 4 to 5 A.P. Classes in my junior year and more on my senior year. Do I need to take all those A.P. classes? I'm kind of aiming to get a lot of college credit in high school. Will I exactly get a lot of college credit for this. Which classes can "guarentee" that you get credit. But also will colleges like it if you take a lot of A.P. classes so then will they see that I'm pushing myself? If not then I think I will reduce my course load. </p>
<p>Here's a list of some A.P. classes that I might take. Can you see these and tell me which ones are good? </p>
<p>A.P. Human Geography
A.P. European History
A.P. Physics B
A.P. Psychology
A.P. Computer Science
A.P. Spanish</p>
<p>People take AP classes for college credit and to challange themselves (and look good in the admissions process). AP credit is not guaranteed at any university - each college has a different AP policy that varies from year to year. Some schools won't give any credit at all, while others wil give credit for 4's and 5's (or just 5's) and some will even give credit for 3's. When you apply to top level colleges, your going to be expected to have taken the most challenging curriculum avalible and if your school offers AP courses, then you should take a decent number. And about your list.. I wouldn't say there are any "good" or "bad" AP classes</p>
<p>theoneo is correct. don't take ap classes just because you want to look good. you'll probably fail them. i know a bunch of kids who have no interest and failed ap bio.</p>
<p>i mean, reading 400 pages before a test can get pretty boring if you aren't into the subject matter</p>
<p>People take AP classes to enrich a few testing organizations like College Board. As far as the material goes, several schools in foreign countries cover the material (at least in science & math) in most of their regular courses, whereas we in the US have to take AP exams to receive an advanced education.</p>
<p>The AP program serves to allow a few smart people to obtain an intensive education while allowing the rest of the idiots at our schools to continue living in oblivion. Well, I go to a public school in Baltimore; I'm guessing most kids in private schools care about their future.</p>
<p>Regardless of my rambling, take the AP tests for math, science, and take at least one for social studies & english.</p>
<p>if you still can, you should enroll into IB, they let you take IB classes and you can even test in those subjects in AP tests just to see if you can get the credit. then if you don't, you still have IB tests (which have a higher pass rate I heard) to attempt to get college credit and an IB diploma</p>
<p>Some people take AP exams for the awards. I self studied two last year (and one next year) to get the National AP Scholar award. Sure, it doesn't mean much, but I don't want the "Honors and Awards" section of my application to be completely blank :P.</p>