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[quote=Anonymous]I agree it's what he can and wants to handle and do well. If he's excited about the challenge and gets mostly As and one or two Bs, fine. If he's doing it for some kind of keeping-up with other kids or doing it to get into Harvard, don't.

FWIW my son, who took a little while to find his academic ambition, took 0 in 9th, 1 in 10th, 3 in 11th, 5 in 12th. He was able to handle it fine, partly because he doesn't have any time intensive activities.

DD, now in 10th, did 1 in 9th, 2 in 10th, will take 3 in 11th. She is much more of a driven student but has found the APs so far really challenging on top of a time-intensive EC. 2 have been social studies classes and she got Bs. Her love is science so she's opting to not take APUSH so that she can take AP Biology (plus English Comp and Calculus). Sure, for some colleges it could be a strike against her to not have APUSH but then it's probably not the right college for her. She's interested in LACs that are strong in sciences.

One tip, if he does want to take a heavy AP schedule, plan for SAT prep this summer and take the first test at the end of August to get it out of the way.
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