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Old 07-18-2009, 07:05 PM   #1
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Is this crazy or do-able?

Senior Year Sched:
AP Lit
AP Environ
AP Art History
AP U. S. Gov / Physical Ed
AP Statistics
AP Calc AB
AP Bio
French III

Self-Study
AP Art 2D
AP World History
AP Comparative Gov

other junk:
co-Editor in Chief of student-run newspaper
president of model u.n.
3 other miscell xtracurriculars
volunteering on weekends

so far i've managed everything in junior year with only 5 APs
so am i nuts or do you think this is possible??
weekly hour long piano lessons
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Old 07-18-2009, 07:07 PM   #2
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oh, and I'm going to be applying to HYPS
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Old 07-18-2009, 07:23 PM   #3
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I'm just wondering why you are making yourself take all these AP tests? For bragging rights?
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Old 07-18-2009, 07:24 PM   #4
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Here's your answer: Yes, you're crazy.
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Old 07-18-2009, 07:34 PM   #5
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Do-able? Sure... Excruciatingly painful and unnecessary? Absolutely!
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Old 07-18-2009, 07:37 PM   #6
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You might want to opt for having a life and/or sleep instead. Unless you're aiming for Harvard (hell, even if you are), I don't see the point. Nobody's going to care how many AP classes and tests you took five years from now.
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Old 07-18-2009, 07:37 PM   #7
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crazy.....
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Old 07-18-2009, 07:39 PM   #8
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doable, but also "bragging-like"
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Old 07-18-2009, 10:37 PM   #9
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With no sports? You'll be fine if you're committed.
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Old 07-19-2009, 05:12 PM   #10
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you obviously care way too much about aps. i hate to break it to you, but my college counselor said they do not play a central role in college admissions and good colleges rarely give you credit for them. If i was an admissions officer i would note two things: 1. you must go to an easy school to take all of those AP classes 2. you chose AB calc as opposed to BC...did you do that so you could cram in another AP or are you just not up to the hard classes? In the end, self-studying for APs (especially Art 2d) will make you look more like a suck-up than a committed student.

its pretty lame to post this, it makes you seem a bit like a braggart, especially when we have no clue where you go to school and if it is easy or hard academically.
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Old 07-19-2009, 05:17 PM   #11
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Here's my two cents: have fun.
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Old 07-19-2009, 09:30 PM   #12
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is it do-able? probably. is it worth it? absolutely not.
your call, though.
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Old 07-19-2009, 10:33 PM   #13
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I think you should take the really important AP's - i.e. math, science and english
i think art is completely useless, and enviro really isn't a "substantial" science for u to show colleges

I also think that 2 government exams are unnecessary, one is fine to show that you're well rounded

but if u wanna go for it, then by all means do it
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Old 07-19-2009, 10:37 PM   #14
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4 of them are seen as easy ap's.
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Old 07-19-2009, 10:39 PM   #15
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Why would you take so many APs senior year? Colleges like rigorous coursework, but a schedule full of APs is overdoing it. The admissions officer might have second thoughts about your intentions and your mental stability or something.
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