Gifted Issues Discussion homepage Forums Learning Environments How many is too many when it comes to AP?

Wow - love the varied viewpoints and experiences!

Just for clarification, the AP scholar in my original post took 16 AP credentialed courses and received top scores on 16 AP exams. It is my understanding that top score means 5 although a long time ago my college accepted a score of 4 but only if you have at least 4 AP courses plus 4 AP exams from an acceptable list (not all AP subjects are created equal). My use of the term AP course is in line with momtofour's post rather than the AP subject track described by Dude. Anyhow, I was astounded because 16 is a major commitment as she could have only taken a maximum total of 32 courses during high school and there are quite a few non-AP prerequisites (pre-calc & lower, "regular" GT sciences, etc.) and requirements (fine arts, music, PE, health, etc.)

Ultimately, it will be up to my children to decide how many and which courses they want to study. In line with the reality of college applications and just general educational fit, I think that it is likely that they will take many more AP courses than I did in my day although 16 will be unlikely!