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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, it is nuts.  DS is took five AP classes this year as a senior.  Took 4 as a junior, 3 as a sophomore and 2 as a freshman.  I think sophomore and freshman year were the hardest because a number of the AP classes were electives so added to math, science, language, history, literature schedule.  [/quote]

Ugh.

If you don't mind sharing . . . would you encourage your DS to do anything differently if you knew then what you know now?  And if so, how do you think it would have changed his trajectory/experience, both for better or worse?

Our high school definitely pressures the top students to max out on APs.  Our friends' son (now in college) chose to opt out of a few APs his last two years, and he took some crap for it at school - from the school counselor, a teacher, and even from some peers (who seemed to be parroting what they heard from their parents about him tanking his chances to get into a "good college".  :roll: )

Our friends supported their son's choice, and in the end he seemed to be happier and more relaxed in high school than he might have been otherwise.  He also got into a fabulous college.  But it definitely felt like he was swimming against the tide in some respects.

This all seems like a lot of pressure for a teenager to navigate . . . . [/quote]

Hi.  No, I don't think I would do anything differently as this was 100% my son's decision and he had to learn to regulate his schedule to handle the additional work in his Freshman and Sophomore years.  Junior and Senior year were actually easier for him as all of his classes were AP and he only had five classes each year.  He got into the college he wanted and a hefty merit scholarship.  [/quote]

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