Which APs most important for "most rigorous"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And how many total?

For my science and math kids, it meant AP Bio, AP Chem, AP Physics C (both), AP BC Calc in 11th, and Multivar and Linear Algebra in 12th. They did a total of 8 or 9.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At our school it’s probably 11-12 APs total.

The “most rigorous” schedules include:

Math: 11th - Calc BC (junior year); and 12th either MV / Linear (for STEM applicants) or AP Stats (for non-STEM)

English: 11th - AP Lang (junior) and 12th - AP Lit

Science: 10th - AP Physics; 11th - AP Bio or AP Chem (both for STEM); 12th - Physics C

History: 10th - AP World; 11th - APUSH; 12th - AP Euro and/AP Gov

Foreign Lang: 12th AP Lang

The most rigorous kids start APs in 9th grade. It’s not uncommon for kids to do 2 in 9th grade (ex: AP Computer science principles and APUSH or even AP Calc AB.) I’ve seen several high school kids with 17 APs+

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And not do what DS' friend is doing:

AP Chem, Physics C (both), Calc BC, Lang, APUSH, HUG, African American studies, PreCalc, Physics 2 (don't ask), Stats and Gov.

PP. In your example here, what is your objection, as far as rigor? They have at least 6 rigorous APs. I count 11 (or 12, if you count Physics C mech and E&M separately). Not all APs need to be rigorous ones.

As an aside, high schools in our area have only one Physics C that includes the material for both Physics C exams.

Just the scattershot nature of the classes (i.e. Physics 2 after having taken, and scored 5s, on both Physics C Mechanics and E&M). Just take a logical rigorous sequence depending on what the school offers rather than load up on a bunch of random APs just to bump GPA. But then again, this strategy might work for this kid, so who knows.

Physics 2 after Physics C is the only weird thing about this selection of classes. Otherwise, it’s totally rational.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At our school it’s probably 11-12 APs total.

The “most rigorous” schedules include:

Math: 11th - Calc BC (junior year); and 12th either MV / Linear (for STEM applicants) or AP Stats (for non-STEM)

English: 11th - AP Lang (junior) and 12th - AP Lit

Science: 10th - AP Physics; 11th - AP Bio or AP Chem (both for STEM); 12th - Physics C

History: 10th - AP World; 11th - APUSH; 12th - AP Euro and/AP Gov

Foreign Lang: 12th AP Lang

The most rigorous kids start APs in 9th grade. It’s not uncommon for kids to do 2 in 9th grade (ex: AP Computer science principles and APUSH or even AP Calc AB.) I’ve seen several high school kids with 17 APs+

That's not the case at most high schools.

More importantly, just because one kid has 17 APs (most of which are less rigorous beyond 6-8) at a high school doesn't mean another kid at the same high school with only 10 APs is out of the running for top schools. College admission is not a race for the most APs in spite of the counselor form checkboxes.

[Anonymous]

This is school-dependent. Some schools allow you to take AP science without having taken the base level, and others don’t. Some have non-AP courses that are just as or more rigorous than AP courses. (For example, non-AP multivariable calculus is more rigorous than AP stats.) Some have AP Precal and some don’t. Some don’t have AP courses at all.

[Anonymous]

IDEALLY the following

AP Bio, Chem, Physics
AP FL
AP Lit and Lang
AP Histories - Euro / World / US
AP Econ

and then anything else you can throw into the mix

AP Music / Art / further FL's etc

[Anonymous]

NP here. What DMV schools offer AP Research?

I know someone who took this class, and I was impressed with what I heard about it. It seemed to offer good preparation for college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP here. What DMV schools offer AP Research?

I know someone who took this class, and I was impressed with what I heard about it. It seemed to offer good preparation for college.

Yorktown & Wakefield HS in Arlington offer according to course catalog.

[Anonymous]

This is so specific to each high school, their policies, and what they offer that it's not really possible to discuss at the level of individual courses. In general, it's reasonable to take most or preferably all APs your school offers in your area of greatest interest/strength, take a couple of APs in other areas, and then add additional APs to the extent your school and other schedule priorities allow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:IDEALLY the following

AP Bio, Chem, Physics
AP FL
AP Lit and Lang
AP Histories - Euro / World / US
AP Econ

and then anything else you can throw into the mix

AP Music / Art / further FL's etc

You need at least AP Calc AB on the list.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:IDEALLY the following

AP Bio, Chem, Physics
AP FL
AP Lit and Lang
AP Histories - Euro / World / US
AP Econ

and then anything else you can throw into the mix

AP Music / Art / further FL's etc

You need at least AP Calc AB on the list.

Agree, even for humanities majors. AP Calc AB has disproportionate weight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:IDEALLY the following

AP Bio, Chem, Physics
AP FL
AP Lit and Lang
AP Histories - Euro / World / US
AP Econ

and then anything else you can throw into the mix

AP Music / Art / further FL's etc

You need at least AP Calc AB on the list.

Agree, even for humanities majors. AP Calc AB has disproportionate weight.

But I think this is more about taking calculus than taking an AP class per se. Most high schools only offer calc as AB and/or BC. Mostly, if you are taking calculus at all, you are taking it as an AP class.

[Anonymous]

"Most Rigorous" at our HS:

1) Foreign Language for 4 years and up to College or AP Level.

2) English AP Level Lit & English AP Level Comp

3) Math to the highest AP of Calculus offered at your school (could be AB, BC or MV)

4) Science: 2 AP levels that are NOT APES. Usually 2 out of AP Chem/AP Bio/AP Phys

5) Social Studies: APUSH and/or AP Econ or antother AP History but NOT AP Psych

6) An extra courseload on topic of 5 coure - possibly Journalism for multiple years (which replaces a study hall period and has constant deadlines and writing assignments).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At our school it’s probably 11-12 APs total.

The “most rigorous” schedules include:

Math: 11th - Calc BC (junior year); and 12th either MV / Linear (for STEM applicants) or AP Stats (for non-STEM)

English: 11th - AP Lang (junior) and 12th - AP Lit

Science: 10th - AP Physics; 11th - AP Bio or AP Chem (both for STEM); 12th - Physics C

History: 10th - AP World; 11th - APUSH; 12th - AP Euro and/AP Gov

Foreign Lang: 12th AP Lang

The most rigorous kids start APs in 9th grade. It’s not uncommon for kids to do 2 in 9th grade (ex: AP Computer science principles and APUSH or even AP Calc AB.) I’ve seen several high school kids with 17 APs+

Yeah, this is what all the top kids are our high school do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP here. What DMV schools offer AP Research?

I know someone who took this class, and I was impressed with what I heard about it. It seemed to offer good preparation for college.

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