Anonymous
04/01/2025 14:39
Subject: Re:How many APs did you top 20 admit have?
My DD took 16 AP courses + 4 DE courses. Will be attending Yale next fall and also admitted to multiple t20's
Anonymous
04/01/2025 14:30
Subject: How many APs did you top 20 admit have?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:DS took 13 out of 18 available
Language
AP Lang
AP Lit
AP Spanish
Math
AP Calculus AB
AP Calculus BC
Science
AP Bio
AP Chemistry
AP Physics 1
AP Physics 2
SS/Others
AP World
AP US
AP European
AP Econ
OP here. Curious what year those sciences were taken? At our FCPS school, 9th grade is Biology or Biology H and 10th grade is Chem or Chem H. Those are the only options. I am glad because that is the one area he would skip APs entirely if he thought he could get away with it without hurting his applications. Currently thinking he will take AP Chem in 11th. Not sure about 12th. He will definitely take everything else on your list, though will go straight to AP BC calc from AP precalc.
If you're are TJ most of your classes are AP but they discourage kids from going overboard
Anonymous
04/01/2025 14:29
Subject: How many APs did you top 20 admit have?
7
Anonymous
04/01/2025 14:28
Subject: How many APs did you top 20 admit have?
0 - I did IB instead
Anonymous
04/01/2025 14:28
Subject: How many APs did you top 20 admit have?
One of my friend's kid took 18 APs almost all 5s and did not get into any T20. Also was NMSF and had 1590 SAT.
These kinds of questions are silly!
These kinds of questions are silly!
Anonymous
04/01/2025 14:27
Subject: How many APs did you top 20 admit have?
Anonymous wrote:Zero AP courses for my private school kid. Imo, the biggest perk and privlege of private school is the absence of the toxic expectation to take max AP courses. Many AP course curriculums are restrictive, fast paced and dont allow deeper dive into complex topics. Kids often have multiple test retakes which inflates grades. I don't think AP is a reasonable benchmark. We know so many public kids with 4.0 gpa and all AP. Lots of grade inflation so kids kill themselves to get top grades, but when so many have perfect grades, their value is diluted. All AP does not guarantee t20 college. The only AP curriculum winner is College Board that makes lots of $$$ selling the program and tests. Without AP mania, my kid took many advanced classes but not in every discipline. They were very focused and excelled in their academic area of interest both in school coursework and with their EC. My kid did very well with college acceptances, but top grades and rigor are only 1 part of the 'holistic' admission process these days
OP here and that sounds lovely but we cannot afford private high school and college of our kids' choice and so we are in our public school where I understand it would be possible to take like 20 or more if you take in summer, which I have not heard of except for above, so would not be surprised if possible at our school.
Anonymous
04/01/2025 14:24
Subject: How many APs did you top 20 admit have?
Anonymous wrote:DS took 13 out of 18 available
Language
AP Lang
AP Lit
AP Spanish
Math
AP Calculus AB
AP Calculus BC
Science
AP Bio
AP Chemistry
AP Physics 1
AP Physics 2
SS/Others
AP World
AP US
AP European
AP Econ
OP here. Curious what year those sciences were taken? At our FCPS school, 9th grade is Biology or Biology H and 10th grade is Chem or Chem H. Those are the only options. I am glad because that is the one area he would skip APs entirely if he thought he could get away with it without hurting his applications. Currently thinking he will take AP Chem in 11th. Not sure about 12th. He will definitely take everything else on your list, though will go straight to AP BC calc from AP precalc.
Anonymous
04/01/2025 14:14
Subject: How many APs did you top 20 admit have?
DS took 13 out of 18 available
Language
AP Lang
AP Lit
AP Spanish
Math
AP Calculus AB
AP Calculus BC
Science
AP Bio
AP Chemistry
AP Physics 1
AP Physics 2
SS/Others
AP World
AP US
AP European
AP Econ
Language
AP Lang
AP Lit
AP Spanish
Math
AP Calculus AB
AP Calculus BC
Science
AP Bio
AP Chemistry
AP Physics 1
AP Physics 2
SS/Others
AP World
AP US
AP European
AP Econ
Anonymous
04/01/2025 14:10
Subject: How many APs did you top 20 admit have?
Zero AP courses for my private school kid. Imo, the biggest perk and privlege of private school is the absence of the toxic expectation to take max AP courses. Many AP course curriculums are restrictive, fast paced and dont allow deeper dive into complex topics. Kids often have multiple test retakes which inflates grades. I don't think AP is a reasonable benchmark. We know so many public kids with 4.0 gpa and all AP. Lots of grade inflation so kids kill themselves to get top grades, but when so many have perfect grades, their value is diluted. All AP does not guarantee t20 college. The only AP curriculum winner is College Board that makes lots of $$$ selling the program and tests. Without AP mania, my kid took many advanced classes but not in every discipline. They were very focused and excelled in their academic area of interest both in school coursework and with their EC. My kid did very well with college acceptances, but top grades and rigor are only 1 part of the 'holistic' admission process these days
Anonymous
04/01/2025 14:10
Subject: How many APs did you top 20 admit have?
13 (0+4+4+5) None allowed in 9th
Anonymous
04/01/2025 14:03
Subject: How many APs did you top 20 admit have?
8 AP and 2 Community College courses. Took all that was possible to take at his rural high school. Acceptances - 1 Ivy, 1 Top 4 LAC, 3 other T15-T25 R1 universities
Anonymous
04/01/2025 13:26
Subject: How many APs did you top 20 admit have?
Anonymous wrote:11 AP, 3 DE (the DE are all math mutlivariable and above)
AP Euro
APUSH
AP Gov
AP Econ (Micro and Macro)
AP Spanish
AP Computer Science Principles
AP Calc BC
AP Physics C Magnetism
AP Physics C Mechanics
(Our school separates these into 2 classes)
AP English Lang
AP English Lit
DE:
Multivariable Calculus
Differential Equations
Linear Algebra
Anonymous
04/01/2025 13:06
Subject: How many APs did you top 20 admit have?
8:
BC Calc
Lit
Lang
Latin
Chem
Macro
US history
World History
+ 2 post-AP classes (MV Calc and organic chem) and one DE (sociology)
BC Calc
Lit
Lang
Latin
Chem
Macro
US history
World History
+ 2 post-AP classes (MV Calc and organic chem) and one DE (sociology)
Anonymous
04/01/2025 13:03
Subject: How many APs did you top 20 admit have?
None. Our private school does have advanced courses but no APs. They make their own curriculum versus using College Board so they are college-level but not certified APs. If I counted the advanced courses that would be AP-like, it would be 8 through senior year.
GPA 3.8 (no weighting). SAT 1500.
GPA 3.8 (no weighting). SAT 1500.
Anonymous
04/01/2025 13:02
Subject: How many APs did you top 20 admit have?
11 AP, 3 DE (the DE are all math mutlivariable and above)