what is a good number of ap classes to take?
359860
it depends. if you want to get into a strong, private college, try to take every class available and work your ass off. if you're shooting for a good UC, take mostly AP classes with honors. if you're doing anything below a UC or high state school, don't take too many, because you might burn out before college.
787228
Your high schools weight them to show you what type of kids go to what schools. Colleges have their own way of calculating GPA. So just take as many higher level courses as you can and keep that GPA near the 4.0 (The top A) as much as you can. Otherwise your weighted score doesn't really mean much.\n\nMore AP classes and more As give you a higher chance at more competative schools. \n\nThe ideal score is to get an A in AP classes.
696119
I don't think there is anything specific you would need in high school as long as you take all the general classes like math science english with whatever electives.  It's only when you're in college do the courses really matter. High school only preps you for stuff. Regardless of whether you take bio or not, you're still gonna need college level bio, anatomy, kinesiology, organic chem, etc.  Even with advanced classes in high school you can't bypass those classes. At best you can skip like the general bio/chem but that's after you take AP classes.  In order to decide your interest, the BEST way to figure out whether you would like something or not is to volunteer. TRUST ME because it will save a lot of wasted time in college taking classes you won't want.  I spent about 2.5 years taking advanced chem/bio/physics thinking I wanted to be in the sciences to have it all go to waste. I wish I spent more time exploring different careers in high school to at least determine what I didn't like.  Picking a career is tough and only the rare few will find the things they truly love and enjoy.  GOOD LUCK!
362112
Fewer and fewer these days since the continued trend of watered down AP/Honors courses have really undercut the acedemic value of any such courses.  Most places still let you use APs to skip out of certain courses, and some will still give you credit.\n\nYour best bet for having your APs count for credit will be with your local state instututes.  They generally will be more in touch with waht is going on in your APs and may still have state mandated X AP = X credit regulations.
575802
AP classes (especially taking the tests) look good, as well as advanced math and science classes.
698492
well, right now i'm in AP ush, AP chem, AP physics B, AP lang, precalc honors, and some other mandatory credits along with 7 extracurriculars. Depending on the teacher who teaches each course,  you might have different work loads, but i would caution you in taking this path because AP courses are very demanding. Be careful of getting yourself tied into a knot. And note, don't EVER Take about 3/4 or more AP classes without an off period unless you have no life or extracurriculars, because i am going insane right now. Take it from someone whose in the position right now.\n\nhowever, if you think you can manage it, it would be worth your while when you get to college. So, sit down, a write a list of all the classes you need and want to take, and list the pros and cons and reason whether or not you need that credit. It is not worth it if you take the class just for the credit and feel miserable all the way through and you didn't even need the credit.
231354
Do you mean what math class should you take after highschool?  It depends how far you got in highschool.  You could take College Algebra and Trig, or you may be ready to take Precalculus or even Calculus.  Statistics is also a type of math class which is needed for many majors and can be taken first year college if all prerequisites are met.  \n\nBest of luck.
361099
I am currently a junior and I am two days away from taking my AP Euro test. I have to say that AP Euro alone (at least at my school) is considered insane to take as a junior(not offered to sophomores). I'm not sure that it is something you would want to take along with another AP class it you're going to be a sophomore. At my school there is a ton of writing (I think I've written over 30 essays) and the tests are really hard. I would try to ask people at your school and see what they say about how hard it is or not, because my school considers it the hardest class.
98395
I think every high school is different, but 2 classes is definitely not enough. Most community colleges require 12 units to be considered full-time.
677001
Take Chem....it is class that is more typical when you get to college that you will probably take again...i took 4 years of honors in HS w/ Biology, Chemistry, Ana. and Phys. and Physics...i took Biology and Chem. in college and both were reviews basically...got a C in biology because i like to oversleep, but got an A in chem. when I took it again...
434075
Yale requires 3 SAT 2 subject tests, so don't skimp on breadth of course.  Most prestigious colleges want you to take math through Calculus (and if you're already past that, then 3 years anyway), four years of English, three to four years of a foreign language (usually four), three to four years of history, and 3 years of science.\nSo as a frosh you should try to take a science (usually Bio, sometimes Chemistry), English, History, a foreign language, a math class, and then if you still have space in your schedule, something fun.  The point is to challenge yourself; take the hardest courses you can handle.
388769
i can try to help you....i took ap english in high school (quite a few years ago) and got a 4 (a 5 is highest) on my exam, and took quite a bit of extra english in college because I enjoy it.  email me.....  beforeyougo7@yahoo.com
35554
The AP calc exam is an ok exam.  It was weird though to take a multiple choice math exam.  Best advice is just to do lots of different types of problems and in no particular order.  Make sure you're comfortable with word problems because that's all the non-multiple choice part of the test is.  Also, I know you can get past exams - my Calc teacher in HS got each of us the past like three tests.  We worked on them on our own and then got together for like a week or so and worked out the problems together if we were stumped.  My advice is to start early (as you seem to be doing) and just keep working through problems.  Make sure you review what you learned in the beginning so you won't forget what you now consider the "easy" stuff.  I took the exam and got a 3 on it.  That would have exempted me from Calc 1 at my college, but I took the class anyway, just to keep familiar and found it much more challenging than in HS becuase it is a college level class.  But I still got an A in it.  And like the answer above said, it was everything we covered in a year in HS calc.  I would only really use the exemption if: 1 - it totally gets you out of all the college math you would need for your major OR 2 - if you can get right into the next level first semester.  Otherwise, I would do the brush up like I did.  It helps the GPA and it does give you that brush up because in college, they expect you to hit the ground running in the higher level classes.  Good luck!
253063
4.0 if you are taking standard classes. Some of the college prep classes (they called them A.P. - advanced placement - when I was in school) award an extra point for each grade (i.e., A = 5 pts. instead of 4 pts.). So someone in the advanced classes could have a better than 4.0 GPA if they get all As or they can get a few Bs and still have a 4.0 GPA.
1078922
That depends on your school. My high school weighted A.P. courses so that an A in an AP course was worth 5 gpa points and an A in a regular course was worth 4. If it's possible to take exclusively AP courses your senior year, I guess you could try for a 5.0, but keep in mind that the rankings for valedictorian measure total gpa over all four years.
1042828
Depending on how many other classes u will be taking, and how challenging they are, I would try to take them together.  If you have other challenging classes I would hold off to take the other later.  I took 18 credits at a time in order to graduate and took 2 math classes at one time and it worked out great, but planned it so I took my easier classes that semester too.\nGOODLUCK!
1117673
I would recommend in-class and on-line classes. You have to be really disciplined for on-line courses. I usually take 2 or 3 in-class and 1 or 2 online per semester.