<p>To the posters that think you have to take 10-12 APs to hope of scoring four 5’s, I disagree.</p>
<p>I think if you study hard (independently of whatever your teacher is teaching in class) and take the courses you have a fair chance at suceeding at (e.g. if you are terrible at languages, don’t take AP Spanish!) you have a fairly good chance of performing well.</p>
<p>I recently graduated from college, but when I was in high school I took several AP’s, including Modern Euro History (score of 5), English Lit (score of 5), English Language (score of 5), Comparative Govt & Politics (score of 5), US Govt & Politics (score of 5), US History (score of 4), AB Calculus (score of 4), and Biology (score of 4).</p>
<p>And no, I wasn’t some dorky kid who studied all the time - I was super involved in sports, extracurriculars, community service, etc. </p>
<p>I got five 5’s and three 4’s and I would say that I am not particularly brillant either. </p>
<p>It’s all in the preparation.</p>