<p>It is quite impossible.<br>
Imagine being in college admissions and sorting this out.</p>
<p>I wonder if those kids who graduate hs with 10-15 AP course really graduate from college early - and if they find it provides much benefit at all.<br>
I agree with Curmudgeon in that hs should be hs… college is supposed to be harder not easier.
Now don’t get me wrong I am a proponent of AP’s - I think all kids who plan on going to college - even the “lowly 4th tier” should have the experience of at least 1 AP. But is there really any benefit in taking 15?</p>
<p>My concern is that hs’s are offering more because kids and parents want them -across all subject areas. There is a group of kids/parents who think because all these AP’s are offered they should somehow fit them in.
They rationalize it that they are competing for slots in top colleges against kids who took all these classes and it snowballs from there.</p>
<p>My kids went to a smallish high school - > 700 students - there is a push to get them to take no more than 2 per year. The kids are all really active and do a lot - lots of kids “are varisty athletes who are in band and perform in the school musical” - because the school is small. I will be the first to admit that my own don’t follow that advice!
I just think sometimes it can be overdone. There is more to life in high school than AP classes.</p>