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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes good thoughts but not necessary.  I've got one at a great school (top 15) who took only 5 APs (only sciences, math and history).  Only took 2 of the exams.  Other parts of the application were pretty great (GPA, ACT, EC's, essay, LORs that spoke to how highly regarded she was).  There are many kids like her.  Increasingly College Board is putting the screws on high schools to offer AP courses to freshmen and sophomores - to increase their own profits, not to improve the quality of education.  It is impacting the mental health of our kids and honestly affecting the art of teaching.  Just to say that there are so many other considerations than APs.  Mine fyi was a 2022 HS graduate so this is recent.[/quote]

This is really high school dependent - at our mcps high school, I would be shocked if anyone in the top 20% much less top 5-10% only took 5 APs. Even AP-averse students seem to take these AP's: NSL, environ science (you need physics or an AP hard sci to graduate, less sci inclined students often prefer env sci to physics), comp sci principles (for graduation tech credit), english lang, psychology and/or econ.[/quote]

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