<p>Omg enough. Reality check people, this is high school we’re talking about. Freaking HIGH SCHOOL. Relax. I took 5 APs in my whole career and I only got two fives, both on language-oriented exams. And look at me, I turned out fine. I’m going off to my top school this fall, happy as a clam. A friend of mine only took 7 APs in high school starting junior year and she had to decide between Brown and Stanford, and another friend skipped two grades, has been doing AP since freshman year, and took 11 APs THIS YEAR and he’s going to a state school. If you want to kill yourself with 5 APs a year starting in 9th grade, be my guest, but just know that there are better, easier ways to secure your future. High school is not supposed to be about getting into college or getting college credits or whatever, it’s supposed to be about growing as a person and learning high school-level material. How about you worry about college classes and credits when you’re in college and focus on taking classes that interest you now, even if they aren’t all AP? Trust me, if you’re motivated enough to come onto this forum, you have NOTHING to worry about.</p>