<p>Right now, I am a freshman in high school.
Next year I plan on taking:
AP Calc
AP World History
AP Biology
AP Chem</p>
<p>after taking chemistry this summer...</p>
<p>Would this be overkill and maybe hold off some until junior year
or would it be doable.</p>
<p>I don't have much of a idea how hard ap classes are.
I'm a straight A student in honors classes.</p>
<p>I'd actually go so far as to recommend it. It really prepares you for even more rigorous workloads in your junior and senior years. And also - I'd really try to take as many AP exams in soph year as possible - so that you won't have to cram for more in your junior and senior years. Mysel as a sophf, I'm self-studying three: AP Euro, AP CHem, and BC Calc.</p>
<p>damn homey. Don't overwork yourself. I don't know what school you go to, but those are some of the hardest APs offered, on average. Try to space out the APs over the next three years too. If you are super smart, I'd settle for about 3. If you've talked with all the teachers and you know you can handle the work, and actually learn the material and pass the AP exam, then by all means go ahead.</p>
<p>If you're really interested in the classes and prepared for them, I'd say go for it. But remember to talk with your counselor or someone and plot out what kinds of classes you'll be taking junior and senior year too - if you exhaust all your school's AP classes by the end of junior year, are you going to have to take community college classes senior year? Just something to consider. Good luck with whatever you decide!</p>
<p>ap bio and ap chem is a no-no... im not sure about you, but taking two sciences will be very hard. ;) ap bio isn't bad by itself. i broke ap chem junior and ap chem senior. it wasn't bad.... but i would not go into both of them unless i wanted to work my ass off 24//7 and get fat and then have a heart attack.</p>
<p>ap world history = easy.</p>
<p>i would take</p>
<p>ap calc, ap bio, and ap history. easy courses.</p>
<p>I can't speak for AP Chem, but I don't think taking two sciences is necessarily a bad thing. I'm taking both AP Bio and AP Physics this year, and they're both going fine. A bunch of my friends are taking AP Chem and AP Physics together too.</p>
<p>My advice: Don't do it. 4 AP's sophmore year is outrageous. I would say 3 at the very most. Your grades might suffer with this many classes. It's better to have good grades in a few classes rather than mediocre grades in many hard classes. Sophmore year I took AP World History, I spent over an hour studying every single night for just that class, and I'm a good student. Also, as far as I know it is physically impossible to take four AP tests in the same year. I think they mostly happen in a few days. You would literally have to run between tests. Also it would be difficult to study for all these tests at once.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the suggestions. Seems like a lot of mixed opinions.
I'm kinda leaning towards taking them all as they will help in the future if I do well.
I'm under a lot of pressure to go to an ivy league level college from parents.
Ill definitely have a chat with my counselor about it.</p>
<p>I'll probably be taking some courses at the community college senior year along with a couple other people.</p>
<p>oy vey, your parents are pressuring you. So what? Do whatever the fluck you want. You're smart and can make your own decisions... it's your future. Your parents are there to guide you and encourage you, not tell you what you should do with your life. Take whatever classes you want and if you get into an ivy league, so be it. Seriously, you don't want to do things just because other people told you to do so.</p>
<p>I wouldn't suggest taking 4 AP's your sophomore year. The classes are hard work and require lots of studying. What I would do is if you want to take all 4, take 2 classes and self study the other 2. That way if you aren't prepared for the 2 you self study, you have more years to study them and a chance to take them junior or senior year.</p>
<p>hey i took 4 ap's soph year (bc calc, chem (self study), us history, comp sci ab) and lemme tell u it was hell and i had to sacrifice a lot of my social life. other than that, if ur really interested in the subjects then that's great and take it, but remember there's a huge cost and burden to it.</p>
<p>I wish I our math classes were farther ahead at my high school, sophomore year at the honors level we take Algebra 2...your pretty lucky, but then again I come from a pretty small town.</p>
<p>Hmm, you're probably going to be extremely stressed. It'll take a lot of social and regular time away from your last three years in high school (since you'll be expected to stay on the 4AP+/year track) and I know I would never do it. </p>
<p>But, ultimately, it's up to you. If you feel you are prepared and ambitious enough, then go for it.</p>
<p>like everyone has said noboody knows you and nobody knows how much you can handle. i personally find calc to be easy (but i'm pretty good at math), but i heard that bio is hell, and i'm in chem right now and u can do well but need to work a bit; world history is a lot of reading and studying and note taking (like ap us right?), i think that it is possible, and you can for sure take all 4 ap tests (timewise) there are ppl at my school who take like 6+ in may</p>
<p>If you take all those classes sophomore year, what will you take junior and senior year? </p>
<p>?_?</p>
<p>Unless your school offers bushels and bushels of AP classes, I'd spread things out more.</p>
<p>I say take up to three. I remember taking 1 AP and 2 honors my sophomore year, and the work was quite a change from my freshman year. It was so much of a change that I got 2 B's first semester, and had to work my arse off to get that coveted "all A's" second semester. BUT, if you feel like you can handle it (you know yourself better than anyone else), go for it.</p>
<p>Just a note, please don't take 4 if anyone has told you to. Only take 4 if YOU want to and YOU'RE willing to do the work.</p>
<p>Ask people who have taken the class at your school who are kind of like you (like if you have a gpa of 3.7 and they have a 2.0, don't ask. And ask someone who also took 4 aps in one year) and see what they think. If one just says "OMG, AP WH was so hard I had to study until 3am 2 days out of the week" I'd suggest you not take that class.</p>
<p>It's really helpful to just associate yourself with people who have taken the class...It's helpful in choosing classes by asking them how hard the class was, how much they had to study, did they pass the AP test (if applicable), how hard was the first test in the class, etc.</p>
<p>those four sound like a pretty heavy load...and you want to set yourself up for success!</p>
<p>I have an 8th grade son this year, and we have been looking pretty hard at his options as far as AP classes. He is homeschooled, so we have more flexibility.</p>
<p>Have you considered self-studying for AP statistics, AP psychology or AP human geography? it seems to be the consensus of man people that these three AP tests are fairly easy (you do need some biology knowledge for the psych test). </p>
<p>Also, I have heard from many people that those taking AP World History should self-study for AP Euro...alot of overlap on topics.</p>
<p>Also, how are your writing skills? are they up to par? You need to make sure you can handle the essay questions well.</p>
<p>If you were my child, I would suggest you pick 3 of the AP classes you listed, and then self-study Euro History and maybe AP Stats...if you get overwhelmed, you can drop the self-study classes and there will be no reflection in your transcript. If you can handle it, it gives you 5 AP classes in your sophomore year... and that is really something.</p>
<p>Also, check the test dates for the tests and make sure they don't overlap (although I think provisions are made if they do).</p>
<p>Good luck!!</p>
<p>This self-studying, is it possible to get 4-5 on AP exams?
I might consider that and just take 3 courses if they're that stressful.
Do you just study out of the textbook or something?
And do colleges look at the AP exams or AP courses more?</p>
<p>All of you who have taken a lot of AP courses, how much work do you actually get?
AP teachers at my school say about a hour a night.
That figures to 4 hrs a night if I take all of them...</p>
<p>Remember that APs are suppossed to be COLLEGE level, and in addition you'll probably get more nightly homework in an AP class during high school than you would during college.
Ohh, and I just to clear someone up from above - it IS possible to take more than 4 AP Tests in May - they're spread out over two weeks. I'm taking 5 this year, but note that I'm a senior, not a soph.</p>