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<p>9 AP courses total seems to be a good amount (assuming that they are of decent quality, where students doing well in the courses do well on the AP tests).</p>
<p>Is “advanced college credit” another way of saying dual enrollment, where the course is counted for both high school credit and college credit at a nearby college?</p>
<p>Anyway, with your GPA and test scores, you should have many options, including large merit scholarship options if cost is a big issue (see the sticky threads at the top of the financial aid and scholarships forum for these). Run net price calculators on various colleges if you want to see need-based financial aid estimates (beware that NYU and BU mentioned above are known for poor financial aid).</p>
<p>You may also want to try the ACT this year, since some students do better on the ACT than the SAT (and vice-versa). Higher test scores can collect more and better large merit scholarships.</p>