Will my AP classes screw me over?

skieurope
Fri, 24 Aug 2018 23:54:48 +0000

If you were allowed to take 8 APs sophomore year but only took 1, that may hurt.

No it won’t.

Once a student hits 6-8 APs total for 4 years, the law of diminishing returns kicks in. Each additional AP will not appreciably strengthen an application. Most high schools limit the APs freshman and sophomores can take. That said, if another student from your school applies to the same college with 12 APs and you have 6, in that case, there may be preference to the first student, all other things being equal (which is never really the case, though).