I help high schoolers get into Ivy League colleges. My advice to parents is that your teens are taking too many AP classes.

Steve Gardner, who teaches Leadership and Impact at Harvard Summer School, says not maxing out your advanced classes during high school allows you more time to align your core values with your college application. Courtesy of Steve Gardner I'm a college admissions expert, and I tell all my students to stop taking so many AP classes. With limited time in high school, students don't need to take the maximum number of AP classes. Easier classes free up a student's time to pursue bigger things, ...