• Expect two to three hours worth of homework/studying/research per ight for each AP course and lots and lots of independent reading 
• Students involved in multiple after-school activities must carefully consider the time they have available to work on AP classes outside of school
• Some AP classes can meet high school graduation requirements when taken as part of a yearlong combination
• Taking more than two AP classes in one semester is not a good idea for most students due to the high work load
• Students who want to take more than an average of two AP classes per semester should discuss this with a school counselor
• Students who wish to take yearlong AP science courses later in high school should try to take Honors Chemistry in 10th grade (if possible)
• Students planning to apply to highly competitive colleges should research the "average number of AP courses " taken by freshmen at the college or university
• Some highly competitive colleges want students to "exhaust" the AP course offerings at their high school, which basically means taking AP courses in multiple content areas and not just in one subject
• Students who plan to take a high number of AP courses in high school should make a plan that allows them spread their AP courses out over 10th - 12th grades

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