percentage of APs to be competitive?

Colleges & Universities Harvard University
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<p>If a student is not expected to take every AP class offered, as most schools claim, what percentage of those classes will reflect a student’s ability to succeed in a challenging curriculum?</p>

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<p>That depends on the student, and on what the student is doing outside of class.</p>

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<p>Does anyone think it can be reduced to a rough percentage, say you’d better take 50% (or some other #)of the APs offered to be considered competitive?</p>

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<p>When you say ‘offered,’ do you mean in your school, or in general? </p>

<p>If your school offers 2 APs, by all means, take them. If your school offers 20 APs, I’d say as long as you take 5-7 of them, you’re fine. However, it really depends on your personal ability. You don’t want to spread yourself too thin.</p>