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[quote=Anonymous]OP you need to decide whether it is beneficial for your child to take AP classes (if he is planning to apply to a top 50 college they will consider whether he took the most rigorous classes possible). Having said that, I am not sure it is necessary to take more than 6 or so to send this signal. 
You also have to consider his other options. Is the peer group in honors English 11 going to be markedly different from the peer group in AP English   Language?  Would he prefer to take a Philosophy honors course over say AP Psychology or an Entomology elective over AP biology. 
It isn’t all or nothing. If your child is a high achieving student who wants to get into a good college he should probably aim to take two AP classes per year starting in 10th grade   That is manageable for most good students and still allows you to take interesting electives etc.

the kids who take 4 or 5 each year fall into two camps. Some carry this heavy load because they feel they have to and some because their academic peers and the best teachers are in AP classes or they don’t have an option- if you are on the highest Math or foreign language track you run out of honors classes and have to take 2 or 3 math/stats APs and 2 Foreign language APs [/quote]

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