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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I disagree with everyone above. 25 APs is INCREDIBLY impressive. Very few kids can take that many APs and do well starting freshman year.

I am guessing the kid was weak in other areas. For top 10, we already know you need something very special and more individually driven.

This isn't surprising. Kid got into top 20 schools that are ok with more one-dimensional students like UCLA.[/quote]

Shame on the many posters who just reflexively dump on something they don't understand.

My gifted child, who is not straining herself in any way, will take 14 APs when all is said and done. She has no desire to take any other APs than the 14 she has specifically chosen. In the high-achieving cohort of kids looking at top tier colleges, 14 is not an out-of-the-way number. She has an unusual and selective internship tied to a niche hobby (as well as more conventional activities taken to a high level), so I think she's well set for college admissions purposes. All of it happened organically. I'm not sure she could do 25 APs, to be honest.

If this story is true, it probably indicates a kid whose entire focus was taking as many APs as possible, regardless of crafting a narrative or doing anything else, which admissions officers tend to not appreciate. But maybe this kid is on the spectrum and they really enjoyed the idea of doing 25 APs! I'm not going to rain on their parade. And UCLA is a great university! Congratulations are in order, instead of criticisms. Seriously. Some of your guys are messed up.

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