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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Taking 15+ AP classes is ridiculous for the same reason you can't be a president of 5 clubs: you're spreading yourself too thin. It all becomes meaningless. Of course some students choose to sacrifice every hour of free time so they can take AP everything, but it's just a shallow choice, and a wrong one.[/quote]

I agree that aiming for a higher number makes no sense. If I were an AO and it looked like you took AP everything, I would think you might have your priorities in the wrong place. It doesn't really matter the number of APs you take after the most rigorous ones are covered. If you want to be a physics major, best to have physics C if your school offers it, but then after that I cannot see colleges being impressed that you took APES or human geography or psych on top of that. There are only so many core APs that will really make sense for someone's major choice. Even if you are aiming to come across as a well rounded student, just make sure you have some rigorous ones covered in both humanities and math/science instead of trying to cram every single one in your schedule. 
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Some APs are half-year ( (Econ, Physics C), and some APs are multiple despite not being worth multiple credit at college (English Language and Lit, Precalc and Calc, CS P and A, Physics 1/2 and C), except as Gen Ed electives which no one needs that many free credits of. Sure you don't "15" or whatever, but you pick them up automatically en route to the capstone APs in a subject.
 
In a school with 7 or 8 courses per year, a basic 1+2+3+4 progression, with APs in the 5 core academic subjects, and some giving 2 AP scores in one year of class, gets you to 10-15.
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