<p>Take the AP classes that you love because you want to take them. Stop thinking about Stanford…as the above posters have noted, admission is very unpredictable for almost everyone, so you won’t want to do things just to get in. For the record, I know several Stanford admits who did not take AP/Honors classes in science/math because they simply weren’t interested in those fields. If you want to know Stanford’s take on this, read page 2 of its Counselor Newsletter from 2011-2012:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.stanford.edu/dept/uga/pdf/counselor_newsletter/cn_fall11.pdf[/url]”>http://www.stanford.edu/dept/uga/pdf/counselor_newsletter/cn_fall11.pdf</a></p>
<p>“Contrary to popular belief, students don’t need to take every AP/IB/Honors class offered; rather, we encourage them to follow their intellectual interests while pushing themselves in their respective contexts.”</p>