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That is why this subject strategy is important. If you have completed 20 AP classes—and your best competitors have 17 or 15 all with similar grades, the university needs to actively find a reason to admit the other students over you. You will be the default pick because on the most clearly understood qualification you are ahead, and so on a risk-adjusted basis, your typical university will choose you.

If your school doesn't use the AP courses (in recent years a number of top US private schools have shifted away from the AP curriculum in favor of honors courses at the advanced placement level)ssss1, then take extra credits at the honors and advanced levels—and ideally at a higher volume than your friends.

Of course, if you ask your teachers, your counselors and even most university admissions officers who are still employed by a university, they will tell you to calm down. You don't need to take so many subjects! That is totally unnecessary! Universities don't want to see kids spending all their time on exams!