Anonymous
Post 05/06/2025 16:45     Subject: How many APs for 25-40% acceptance rate schools
Anonymous wrote:10-15, more if possible. It’s super competitive out there. My DD had 16 and was rejected at many schools in the range of 20%-40%.


Did she do well in the class and on the test?

My one kid was accepted to a 7% acceptance rate school with 12 and the other a 14% acceptance school with 10.

Sounds like essays and/or LORs weren’t great…or her GPA was not good.
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2025 16:38     Subject: How many APs for 25-40% acceptance rate schools
Anonymous wrote:10-15, more if possible. It’s super competitive out there. My DD had 16 and was rejected at many schools in the range of 20%-40%.


There’s a point of diminishing returns.
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2025 16:04     Subject: How many APs for 25-40% acceptance rate schools
Anonymous wrote:Our son's school doesn't offer AP and many of the top privates (and some publics) are discontinuing their offering. In his school's case, over 40% of graduates end up in Top 25 colleges. Try to take challenging courses (whatever that means in your case), and don't get as caught up on AP count.


Which school? I'm assuming it is public?
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2025 15:57     Subject: How many APs for 25-40% acceptance rate schools
10-15, more if possible. It’s super competitive out there. My DD had 16 and was rejected at many schools in the range of 20%-40%.
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2025 15:31     Subject: How many APs for 25-40% acceptance rate schools
Our son's school doesn't offer AP and many of the top privates (and some publics) are discontinuing their offering. In his school's case, over 40% of graduates end up in Top 25 colleges. Try to take challenging courses (whatever that means in your case), and don't get as caught up on AP count.
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2025 11:01     Subject: How many APs for 25-40% acceptance rate schools
It is all based on your own school offerings. Look at the school profile and take the courses that show increased rigor as you progress. If your school offers none, that is not held against you. If your school offers 20, then choose thoughtfully. GPA and AP numbers are high school specific.
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2025 08:42     Subject: Re:How many APs for 25-40% acceptance rate schools
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Trick question, there are no 25-40% acceptance rate schools.

(There are some schools where a higher in-state acceptance rate and a lower OOS acceptance rate average out to something in that range. And there are schools where a higher ED acceptance rate and a lower RD acceptance rate average out to something in that range. But there are no schools where a given applicant is in a pool with a 25-40% acceptance rate.)


UMD actually qualifies. Acceptance is around 40% and same rate for in state and OOS.


Yeah I don’t get this either. W&M qualifies too. DD got in with 8 including a few easy ones (Gov, APES, CompSci).
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2025 08:09     Subject: How many APs for 25-40% acceptance rate schools
Don’t go by acceptance rate. Acceptance rate can depend on a lot of variables- state residency for publics, gender, hooks, major, etc. GA Tech’s acceptance rate is around 35-40% for Georgians and around 10% for everyone else.
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2025 08:08     Subject: How many APs for 25-40% acceptance rate schools
Anonymous wrote:Rising 11th grader.


if you already know if the kid is STEM or Humanities, that helps a lot.

2 of the harder APs a year in their area is what matters to most.

the business/cs programs dont care about APUSH, and the philiosoph program may give your AP CALC BC a side eye (ie, are they really a philosophy major or are they backdooring us?)
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2025 08:05     Subject: Re:How many APs for 25-40% acceptance rate schools
Anonymous wrote:Trick question, there are no 25-40% acceptance rate schools.

(There are some schools where a higher in-state acceptance rate and a lower OOS acceptance rate average out to something in that range. And there are schools where a higher ED acceptance rate and a lower RD acceptance rate average out to something in that range. But there are no schools where a given applicant is in a pool with a 25-40% acceptance rate.)


UMD actually qualifies. Acceptance is around 40% and same rate for in state and OOS.
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2025 07:58     Subject: Re:How many APs for 25-40% acceptance rate schools
Mine had 8 AP’s at a private that limits the number of AP’s kids can take. It was enough for several colleges in the T-20 to T-50 range. No merit at any of those.
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2025 07:37     Subject: Re:How many APs for 25-40% acceptance rate schools
Anonymous wrote:Will also depend how many are offered at the school.

This. You student’s rigor will be compared to what the school offers and what other students there typically take. Many private schools cap the number of AP classes, and some don’t even offer APs.
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2025 07:37     Subject: How many APs for 25-40% acceptance rate schools
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Is 3 a possibility?


Name a few schools your kid is interested in. People are getting confused on this post.


Yes, need to name schools you are interested in and where your kid is coming from. If from top private, many kids have no APs or very few. If from FCPS or MCPS kids often have 10+.
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2025 07:32     Subject: Re:How many APs for 25-40% acceptance rate schools
^ core, not cute
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2025 07:32     Subject: How many APs for 25-40% acceptance rate schools
Anonymous wrote:Assuming you are talking about ED at schools like Emory, SMU, Tulane, etc...7-10 is more than enough.

2 science, 2 english, 3 history, two math, 1 foreign language


My kid got into multiple T10s/20s and an Ivy unhooked. 8 total

2 English, 1 science, 1 math, 4 history

Had 4 years of foreign language but year 4- not AP. 5s on all AP exams.

The “Easy” ones that don’t care about like environmental science over bio/chem or physics, or stats over calc. The caliber of the AP will matter. One from the cute subjects and more can be in intended major area.