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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The reason they want Aps is because they want to see you are on the most toughest path.  They care about the grade.  Much much less so about the score.  Top private schools are not giving you the credit anyway.

Even here, many colleges are not requiring 10-15 APs just because they are offered.  Need to take a core group and they need to make sense to what you want to do.  [/quote]

I'm not sure where you got these ideas, but I believe you're mistaken. When a highly selective college has a choice between a student who has taken 10 AP classes and has gotten scores of 5 on most versus a student who had the same AP options to choose from and only took 5 and scored 3s and 4s (or chose not to report scores), it's going to matter regardless of the grades they got in the class.

As to private schools not giving credit, this is absolutely not true. Here's a link to Harvard's policy, which is probably similar to other highly selective schools.

https://oue.fas.harvard.edu/apexams

They offer credit for 24 AP courses. Sure, you have to score a 5, but over half of those 5s receive 8 credits toward graduation.

You're right that no college requires a specific number of AP classes, but they do look to see if the choices you've been making include opting for the most rigorous class available.

None of this means that kids should attempt to take more APs than they're capable of handling successfully. Take the highest level offered when you're motivated and can get an A or B in it without stressing yourself out too much. If that doesn't get you into one of the most selective colleges, wherever you land will be able to provide the same opportunities for future success. This website has quite a bit of data that shows this to be true.....

https://lesshighschoolstress.com/
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Your example does not leave any room for nuance.  I am not sure a college would necessarily take your 10 AP / All 5s vs. a kid who takes 10 AP classes and only took 3 AP tests (scored all 5s), but then said their family could not afford the $700 for the other tests so they had to prioritize.  Or even, a kid applying for say history who takes 10 AP classes, but only takes 5 AP tests (in history/english) and scores all 5s.

I honestly don't know, but there will be many cases where it is not apples-to-apples[/quote]

Same poster--I agree. But that confirms that the initial comment regarding colleges not caring so much about the score was incorrect.[/quote]

No, it doesn't.  Not even a little bit.  It "confirms" only that two anonymous posters who aren't experts in anything having to do with college admissions are having a confusing conversation where they both are offering their opinions.[/quote]

Says the anonymous poster who isn't an expert in anything having to do with college admissions and who is confused by a straightforward conversation.[/quote]

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