APs and College Admissions?

chemistry101
Tue, 10 May 2005 15:33:21 +0000

I go to a school where we have tons of AP courses to take. Most of my friends and I will have 13 by the time we graduate next year. Now, I know most schools don’t have even close to this many; a lot of people with say only 5 APs total apply and get into ivies. So, given that we have taken so many APs (and granted, gotten b’s in a few of them), do colleges like that more than someone taking only 5 APs or so and getting straight a’s? Basically, how much will taking so many APs help in getting into top colleges, even if you get some b’s, but through challenging yourself?