“I’m taking seven APs if you count micro-macro as two, because usually in high school, the most interesting and fun classes for me have been the AP classes.” – Zach Chaouchi, 12.

“I’m taking two APs this year because in previous years I have only taken one, and this year I really wanted to challenge myself, especially with college applications, to make sure I show colleges that I’m still trying and not slacking off.” – Soly Kifle, 12.

“I’m taking one AP because I thought more than one would be too much work as a freshman, but I’m taking AP gov. [U.S. government] because my sister’s friends took it and could help me with the work.” – Jocelyn Riad, 9.

“I’m taking one AP because I don’t want to have an overload of work to do, and I also play some sports and have extracurriculars to do.” – Sean Conway, 10

“I’m taking one AP because I didn’t want to stress myself out too much, but I still wanted to take one for college.” – Ember Hackett, 10

“I’m taking five APs. I like to improve on the things I wasn’t good at, so I’m taking language and composition and Seminar, which are writing classes. I always like math, so I took statistics. And world history and comparative government, I took out of my interest.” – Bamdad Hajati, 11

“I’m taking one AP because for the APEX [program], you have to take AP gov [U.S. government].” – Tomas Hart, 9