How Many AP's Are Too Many?

katiekitkat
Sun, 01 Mar 2015 08:05:12 +0000

I’m an incoming freshman at a fairly competitive public high school in Southern California. I’m supposed to be making my (temporary) schedule for all four years of high school in a couple of months, and I was wondering how many Advanced Placement classes are just too many.
I want to go into the medical field, but I am Asian, so I am afraid of looking like another Asian-4.0 GPA- Piano Playing robot. I am definitely not in it for the money (I get really pissed at people who enter law and medicine because they think they will earn a six-figure income.)
Right now, the largest number of APs I can take (all four years included) is 16. Is that too many? I am also planning on leading a couple of organizations at my school and doing other extracurricular activities, so I am really worried about this.

Thanks for helping!