So I just want to give you some comfort about the big picture here. No AO I have seen discuss this issue has ever said they have a certain minimum number of APs they want to see, certain set of APs they want to see, or so on. As a universal principle, they will say they want to see you take rigorous courses as available.
And the more selective colleges will tend to say something like they generally like to see you taking rigorous courses in all the core areas. However, I have also seen them note they understand that often kids can not take every rigorous class in every subject, and that different kids will make different choices based on their interests. So, some kids will go farther in Math, others in one or more sciences including computer science, others languages, others English or History, and so on. Some in fact will have to balance core course schedules against other interests, like music and art and so on.
And their point has been those different choices can all be fine as long as it is clear that the kid is challenging themselves.
To sort of sum this up (and verify it as well), I am going to leave you with what Yale says on its admission page about selecting high school courses, because that captures what I have seen other AOs from highly selective colleges also say on this subject:
https://admissions.yale.edu/advice-selecting-high-school-courses
Yale obviously wrote that page with kids like you specifically in mind. And they really don’t want you to worry! Like, from what you said, I think you can confidently answer all these questions:
Ask Yourself These Questions
When weighing your course selection for the upcoming year, here are a few things to consider:
- Am I taking a well-balanced academic program that will provide me with a good foundation for college?
- Am I prepared to take college-level math, writing, and science courses?
- Do I feel challenged by the courses that I am taking?
- Are my courses among the more rigorous ones available to me at my school?
- Am I seeking challenge or avoiding it?
- Overall, is my four-year high school program among the most challenging programs available at my school?
Note the repeated use of the word “among”. That whole page is making the point they are not looking for some one single list of courses, they understand people have to make choices, and so what they are looking for is a set of choices that is AMONG the most challenging possible.
Again, I think you have done that, so I don’t think you should worry about kids who also did that in a different way. Yale and its peers will consider all of you as having chosen good courses, and their admissions decisions will then be based on a combination of how you did, plus all the other things they consider in holistic review.