6 APs junior year

[ChezCurie]

Thanks for the update, @RockyPA. I am glad to hear that your daughter is handling her 6 APs so well! My main concern for my kid is not the coursework but being able to handle the exams in such a short period of time. Last year they had 3 and the exams were on two consecutive days, with, of course, two back to back. That truly was their limit.

Here’s a post I’ve been meaning to comment on:

@theloniusmonk

“For a STEM student, 2 Sciences is easier than Lang + SS, with heavy writing reqs.”
So I haven’t seen what colleges OP is considering but the more selective schools, even if they’re STEM focused will think students have not challenged themselves if they skip a class like APUSH, even if it’s for a science AP. If you’re taking all these APs for interest, fine, but if it’s to show rigor, not having APUSH will raise flags. Even for a place like MIT, it will be the second class they look for in the transcript, after AP Calc.

This post scared me because I think there’s a lot of truth in it (and my kid chose not to take APUSH in order to take Physics C). How do others feel? Has APUSH become essentially a prerequisite for the T20?