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[quote=Anonymous]Our previous private school had an AP limit of 7 classes. They did not allow you to take more than 7 APs because kids were racking up AP classes with no other interests outside of school which HURT their college applications. There was a lot of pushback from parents.

Our new high school, a public high school, that is good but not intense does not allow any APs freshman year. Only 2 APs are offered to sophomores, AP Chem and AP CS. But for AP Chem, you need to take Honors Chemistry as a prerequisite so some kids take Honor Chemistry during the previous summer. My DC is not a STEM kid so I figure she won't take AP CS as a sophomore, and she'll be doing some other activities/projects/camps in the summer, so she can't take Honors Chem in the summer.

So, she'll have 0 APs freshman year and 0 APs sophomores year(just all honours classes).
I'm thinking she'll have 4 APs junior year and 4 APs senior year, which puts her at about 8 APs total.

We'll see if this disadvantages her. I just don't see how anyone can still fit in 15 APs into their high school schedule and get straight As and have a pointy interest?

Does anyone have a kid who took a normal amount of APs in the 5-9 range and got into their college of choice?

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