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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ds is in an area magnet (Blair) and he took no AP exams in 9th grade, he intends to take 2 this year in 10th  (NSL and Comp Science). He also intends to take World History and English Language in 11th grade and English literature and Spanish in 12th grade. That is a total of six.  We are not pushing him to take AP exams in his math and science subjects (except for Comp Science which is the only one the magnet administration seems to encourage). Maybe I am wrong but I don't want him under more pressure than he is already. He is in very demanding classes and doing well touch wood. I will hope that a good college will take into consideration the fact that his magnet math and science classes are generally tougher than an AP class in the same subject [/quote]

You are betting too much on "magnet" stuff. Colleges don't really care about that. Your DS will look less competitive than his friends. I say this as a parent of 3 magnet kids now in college. [/quote]
What do you recommend?  Is there a "good enough " number of APs that in conjunction with good SAT scores and good GPA and decent ECs will help him with college admissions at a top 30 college? [/quote]

I am the pp you are responding to... Based on our experience of going thru the college app process 3 times, there's no such thing as "good enough" as far as top tier (even top 30 schools) schools are concerned. Unless you have hooks, you are "expected" to have excellent stats, excellent test scores, excellent EC...etc. Even with all that, nothing is certain. All being equal, having less APs than your classmates will look your DC not as strong as other kids. Again, for top tier schools, it may not matter. Where it matters, however, is consideration for merit scholarship from the next tier schools like UMD.  [/quote]

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