<p>Sylvan, we had the same issue at the public high school my daughter attended her first two years. No one at that school, a highly-regarded public high school, takes AP classes before junior year because all of them require the honors version first. And in one case, AP chemistry, students were required to take honors physics simultaneously. The brightest, most motivated kids at that school rarely end up with more than 7 or 8 APs. That is plenty, in my book. I’m floored by kids who can take 10 or 12 APs, as happens at the public high school in the town where we now reside. That just seems like a treadmill no one can get off.</p>