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[quote=Anonymous][quote]I hear you, OP. I have two in a very highly ranked public high school and my oldest already has five AP classes under his belt as a junior and is taking four more AP classes as a junior. The kids today have to take the hardest classes available in their school. [/quote]

It really depends on what school they are aiming for. If they need a GPA in the 4.6 range, then I guess it makes sense. I wouldn't go through high school with the mindset that any class that isn't AP isn't worthwhile. My kid had a very high 10th grade PSAT score and all As sophomore year and his counselor wouldn't even let him take more than two APs junior year (which is fine).  I think it's because he isn't "gifted." There are four that he wants to take next year, but if some kids have 14 when they graduate, and he has 6, I still believe it will be feasible for him to go to a decent college with [i]only[/i] a weighted 4.0. or so.

[quote]Honestly I think people are getting confused about rigor and APs. Colleges are looking for rigor in CORE classes. They may not even really look at things like art history, unless the student is on an overall arts track. Many selective schools calculate a GPA that includes only core classes and leave out electives, whether AP or not. So filling a schedule with a bunch of random APs is not going to be much of a boost and you may want to encourage your kid to focus on the core classes rather than get distracted by extraneous APs.[/quote]

I hate this theory of the "lesser" APs.  My DS is interested in psych and music theory so he's going to take those along with physics, stats and calculus. He's not interested in English, government, or biology, so it wouldn't make sense for him to take those AP classes. He's not taking them to "boost" anything - he's just taking the classes he wants to take.  Seems like the simplest route to having a happy kid with a balanced workload.
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