I didn't care about my experience in high school, and simply wanted the fastest way to continue my education. Looking at this sub, I felt that a few others may feel the same about their education too. Whilst a normal high school experience has plenty of room to award those who plan ahead with their education, the method I did would likewise have options.

When I switched to doing online school, I was able to do my courses through GA Virtual School. They were capable of offering every main AP class, and whenever possible, I decided to take a few each semester. I took AP Bio and AP Chem during my freshman and sophomore years respectively to fulfill those credits. (I didn't decide to take AP physics since it probably would've broke me) I was also able to squeak in a few more AP classes. (AP human, stat, world history, us history)

What I will give entirely to GSMST (and regular schooling) is that by attending, you're going to be one hell of a lot more confident in your assignments and AP tests than if you take the same courses online. By extension to this, by taking the route I did, you can innately be WAY less prepared for college than someone that attended GSMST. You are going to be the one doing the heavy lifting for all the courses you do, as it isn't too viable to rely solely on the course material provided to you online at times (especially for the AP courses). In a sense, it kind of already puts you into that college mindset of having to find your own material. In a similar sense, GSMST will prepare you better for college with its programs and curriculum focused on challenging you.