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[quote=Anonymous]The two that come naturally in 9th grade are AP US Government and Politics, which is offered to all 9th graders, and a tech requirement, AP Computer Science Principles.

Other APs usually come with prerequisites, but you can try to get out of them, some STEM coordinators allow it on a case-by-case basis for AP Bio, for example. Some bilingual kids in weekend language schools take their AP exam in that language in 9th grade, but usually it's more like 10th or 11th grade. I think AP Java has a prerequisite too (maybe some kids satisfy that in middle school?).

3 APs in one year is not onerous, but in 9th grade you run the risk that your kid fails just because they don't have anything to compare it too and miscalculate the level of effort needed to score highly on each exam. So it's best to start with a couple tried and true, and then ramp up the year after, distributing APs reasonably equally in terms of difficulty for the 3 next years of high school. Some APs are notoriously more difficult or time-consuming than others, such as AP World History, AP Calc BC or AP Physics C... but some kids have no problems with those because they're right in their wheelhouse.

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