Number of AP Classes

golfer111
Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:07:20 +0000

Heyy so I’m a junior and currently have 5 AP classes (Biology, Calculus AB, CalculusBC, Psychology, and English Language/Composition) and am doing relatively well in all of them (low 90s, but we’re on a 7-point scale). I also took AP Environmental Science as a sophomore and got an A in the class and a 4 on the exam.

My stats are up to par with these schools in my opinion. Good ECs with leadership (presidecies, vice-presidencies, founding club, etc) and an extensive medical internship (most likely majoring in Biology with a Pre-Med focus on Neuroscience). My standardized tests are 2000 SAT (650/680/670 E:10) and 30 ACT (30/30/33/27 E:8), all first tries. I will be taking Biology and MathII subject tests May 1 and Spanish w/ Listening in November. Also, my rank as of sophomore year was 2/~460 and as of 1 semester junior year 5/445 (I got a B in AB Calculus).

My question is how much dropping from 5 APs this year to 4 APs next year (Spanish 5, Chemistry, Human Geography, and Statistics) will impact my running for acceptance into schools like UVA, Georgetown, Brown, Johns Hopkins, WUSTL, and Duke. My parents are really persistent on me not taking 6 (it’s either take 6 (adding AP U.S. History and AP Literature) or 4 , our schedules are weird…5 would be perfect lol) because with college applications and ECs the stress level will be too high.

Thanks for your input!