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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a college freshman, so we just went through this AP process.
 
My student took a total of [b]11 AP and 2 Dual Enrollment (DE)[/b] courses taken at the high school
9th- The school did not allow any AP courses
10th - 1 AP (school only allowed 1) 
11th- 4 AP, 1 DE 
12th- 6 AP, 1 DE

-The College Board runs AP exams in May every year.  Tests are taken at the school.  Scores are issued in July and range from 1-5. 
-My student made 4s and 5s on the AP exams.  
-Colleges vary on what they accept, per exam. Some will take 3s, some will only take 4s and 5s. Some scores will earn you credit, and some will let you exempt an intro course without credit. Some 5s will earn you 6 hours of college credit, and some 4s and 5s will grant you 3 hours. 
-Once you matriculate into college, you can transfer your credits. My student was granted 43 hours (including 9 hours of DE credit). 
-A usual course load is 15 hours per semester, so this amount can roughly shave off 1.5 semester's worth. I say "roughly" because we don't know ultimately how the credits will be used: graduate early, double major, or get a graduate degree in 4 years. 
-Their college requires that a major be declared when credits are between 40 and 59 hours, so the student already declared a major- this will help with course registration moving forward. 
-My student is a freshman but is taking a 200 and 300-level course in the first semester. There are a few freshmen in the same situation in their class so this isn't too rare. Some have transferred with even more credit. Colleges have a limit on how many they will take- probably 60 max.

It requires a student who wants to work hard. I was not on board with my student's 11th and 12th grade heavy courseload but they loved the challenge and the rigor of their AP classes. I was a bit skeptical about how the AP credits would actually really count until my student showed me their school system that shows what requirements the credits counted towards. I was pleasantly surprised. My student is really happy that their hard work literally paid off.

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That is a very impressive count of AP's and DE's. Is it the top 5-10% kids for FCPS to take these many AP's and DE's?.  I thought senior year was relaxed but it seems loaded with AP's and DE.
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