due to the rigorous requirements, isq has set limits on the amount of ap courses a student may take. freshmen are only permitted to take ap chinese, and only if they pass an entrance exam designed by isq's chinese department. sophomores may chose between ap biology, ap statistics, ap economics, and ap chinese, ap world history, and whichever of the two computer science courses the school is offering that year. they can only chose two. under special circumstances, a sophomore may be permitted to take an ap calculus course. upperclassmen are permitted to take any and all ap courses, but only three per year. under special circumstances, a student may take five, but only if they can keep all their individual class grades above 97%.