Average Number of Honors/AP Courses

theoneo
Mon, 14 Nov 2005 16:52:36 +0000

At my school the typical competitive applicant would take:

LA: 3 honors, 1 AP
Math: 3 honors, 1 AP
Science: 3 honors, 1 AP
History: 1 regular, 1 honors, 2 AP’s
Elective: all regular (almost none are weighted)
Language: 2 regular, 1 honors, 1 AP

7 regular / 11 honors / 6 AP’s

Of course, that’s just the “average” competitive applicant, someone who would probably go to NYU or something. More competitive applicants would take a couple more AP’s, maybe skip one or two courses, or be in the gifted math program (BC calc junior year, multivariable senior year)