A few Questions about AP

NeoW63
Fri, 07 Jan 2011 23:33:18 +0000

Hi, I’m very new here and this is my first thread. Sorry for sounding like a complete idiot but I have a few questions regarding AP.

I’m a grade 11 student living in Toronto, Canada and my high school only has two AP courses, the AP Calculus BC (taking right now) and the AP Physics C (taught in grade 12). I’ve read that in order to get into Ivy League or any prestigious university, I will need at least four AP credits. However I’ve discovered very recently that AP exams are only held once a year, in May. Does that mean I will have to take the AP exams that I’m interested this year for them to be included in my university application?

I’ve looked at some of the schedules here and it looks very rigorous and daunting. How do you guys manage such a huge task? I only have one AP course right now, preparing for SAT and the subject tests, with not many extracurriculars, and it’s already quite overwhelming for me. I don’t know if I’ll be able to survive with that many more, and all crammed in a few months. To be honest if I have to take them this year then I seriously doubt whether I can accomplish that.

Any answer would be greatly appreciated.