rfav32

Hi I took 1 my freshman year and 4 my sophomore year. That leaves me with 19 to go which is very feasable for me I will have 5 AP classes and plan on doing independent study on 5. My senior year I will have seven AP classes and plan on doing independent studies with 2. I can do it but what I am mainly wondering on is if it is worth it? I feel it is to look impressive on my app but I dont want to forget about my SAT/ACT tests and all. Thanks for your time!

Excavalier

Keasbey Nights did something very similar to this while maintaining his strengths in other areas of his resume, but if you only took 1 AP test in freshman year then it may be a lot more difficult to squeeze in the final 19 unless you keep procrastination to a minimum.

rfav32

Thanks Excavalier!

ImSoAmbitious

It should be feasible. I am looking to do the same thing, except I took 4 as a freshman. I will be taking 5 during Sophomore Year, 7 Junior Year, and 9 Senior Year. I have not included APs for languages out of school, so it wil be at least 26. Which APs have you taken already? If you have some of the easy ones remaining, I don't think it should be too much of a problem.

collegeboundJon

Jesus Christ! 24 how will you have time to boost other parts of your college profile such as extracurriculars if you focus on 24 ap test. These school look for the entire package and with so many APs I do no think you will be able to have that package.

TheBigD

I think it's completely unnecessary. I didn't even take 10 and I am going to Penn next month. No need to kill yourself or even push yourself unless you really want to do this. If not, spend time having fun and socializing and volunteering.

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Keasbey Nights

Thanks for the shoutout, Excavalier. I did indeed take 24 AP exams throughout my high school career. I wrote up a pretty lengthy post about why I did it somewhere on these forums. In short, I wanted to challenge myself to learn new things, and taking the AP exam was a surefire way to motivate me to follow through on the learning.

I ended up with a ton of AP credit, and I got accepted to what is arguably the top collegiate program in the U.S. for business / engineering students.

I'd say that for my goals, taking the exams was worth it. I learned a lot about the world, I have a lot of room in my schedule to take the classes I want to take, I learned how to work hard, and I got the State AP Scholar award.

As long as you're a well-balanced person, I don't see why you shouldn't go for it. I had a few long relationships throughout high school, played and coached baseball, wrote music, was politically active, etc.

deathblade127

my only response --> x.x

Oura54

Are you kidding? If you take twenty four AP exams and are successful I'm impressed. In my S school having very rigorous honors courses are required in virtually every major ( not elective) subject prior to entering an AP class thus ensuring you are mastering the work and not just sitting for another AP exam that , with all due respect, once you get the knack of the college board a 4 or 5 is 50-70% correct! Sounds a bit like overkill analogous to over embellishing an application. I mean really! 24?

frappe1

crazy person... but go for it haha