<p>you guys are so smart taking ap calc in 10th grade! im struggling through it as a senior</p>
<p>Our school district just lets a lot of people get ahead.
I heard some AP classes are "easy" here with barely any homework.
Well, if a class is too hard, I will always have a month to switch. It's harder to be added into an AP class than dropping one.
I guess I will try 3-4 APs next year</p>
<p>I don't think that you should do something like this in your sophomore year. If you are supreme at math then do calc, you really shouldn't take ap bio and ap chem at the same time unless you are just awesomely awesome; take chem, the order of understanding of science really goes from chemistry to physics to bio. AP HISTORY...? iono good luck if you do that it sure is commendable</p>
<p>Graphing Calculator + AP Stats = One big joke.</p>
<p>It's an easy class even for an extremely mediocre math student (like me). I'd highly recommend it if you want an AP class without much stress.</p>
<p>well, yeah; it's definitely much MUCH more difficult. you'll have to prioritize and perhaps even cut back on some extracurriculars (devote your valuable time to those that you're REALLY into). however, you seem like a motivated student, so you can probably pull it off. just remember: don't underestimate the work. DO NOT procrastinate. procrastination will be your downfall.</p>
<p>i dont think that its overdoing it, i just think that you shouldnt take 2 ap sciences in one year, wait to take chem or bio in junior year, it makes more sense. also, if ap classes are truly treated like "College classes" then it'll be too much, but honestly these days aps are just advanced classes, and not taught at the extreme college level..in my experience</p>
<p>My suggestion: Don't do it. I would recommend three of the four (I took three as a sophomore, but they were fairly easy courses like Statistics). Take one of the sciences (probably Chem, if you're going to take it in the summer) but don't take both. You're not going to want to spend every minute doing homework or studying. Enjoy your high school experience a little!</p>
<p>I'm going to be a sophomore next year as well, and I'm enrolling in AP Bio, AP French Lang, and AP European History. I MIGHT take an AP exam independent study, but thats a MAYBE (possibly Stats or Psych or one of what others consider the "easier" exams). I took one freshman year also (AP Human Geography), which I hope will have prepared me a bit for the world of AP.</p>
<p>Yea. It is possible to get 4-5 on ur AP's by self-studying, but its pretty difficult, from what my friends have told me. </p>
<p>Personally, it really depends on what you believe is your capibility level. If you think that you can handle it, then go for it. Everyone has different levels where they know that they cant do anymore after that. </p>
<p>As a sophmore myself, I'm going to be taking only one AP, AP WorldHistory. I'm also a straight A student, so I kinda know where you're coming from. You must've done really welll in math very quickly to take AP Calc in 10th. I think that it would be very, very difficult to get straight A's again with 4 AP's. Yeah, I know others have done it (and god knows i hope to, also.) But 10th grade shouldnt be as difficult as 11th and 12th grades. </p>
<p>Also, what EC's are you going to be doing? If you pile on a lot, then you might struggle with it, especially if ur not used to the demanding work ethic kids have when they take multiple AP's and do EC's. I know Im gonna be doing many EC's, plus AP World History, and I know that its gonna be a lot harder for me, the so-called genius of my class, to manage it all.</p>
<p>just my two cents.</p>
<p>I really don't reccomend taking more than 3, for the simple reason that relaxation IS important (no matter what people say). I'd say drop one of the sciences. Unless I'm mistaken, there are 3 AP sciences, so even if you take only one this year, you can still get all of them in by graduation. good luck, and don't burn out!</p>
<p>go for it take 4...I took 4 soph year, 4 junior year, and 5 senior year</p>
<p>Why the rush for all your AP classes? I think it isn't a good move. You aren't going to get the score you desire, more than likely. Plus, I think it would be a culture shock, being only a sophomore, and more than likely you won't be as mature (fit in) as the juniors/seniors, which is the situation with my friend that skipped 3 grades. Are you ready? It isn't whether if you are smart or not, because that would include my whole school if that were true, but the question is why do you want to take so many? I recommend just self-studying some of them, and take courses you ACTUALLY want to take.</p>
<p>Don't take four AP sophomore year.
AP history is NOT EASY. Trust me. People at my school spend three hours each night for history.
Take AP calc and either AP bio or AP CHEM or AP HISTORy. Remember, may schools don't offer APs till senior year. Even taking two during sophomore will show you are willing to challenge yourself.... but not overwork and overstress yourself.</p>
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<p>What if you took an AP class freshman year (human geography) which included quite a few non-freshmen. Also, at our school, AP Euro is ONLY sophomores, as far as I know, whereas bio is mainly upperclassmen, but I'm in a special situation....as for AP French, I guess it's pretty evenly distributed between sophomores, juniors, and seniors.</p>
<p>Take only 3. You don't want to overwork yourself and blow out halfway throuh the year. Drop one of the sciences. Plus you don't want to exhaust your AP options at your school for junior and senior year. If you do, you may end up having to take some CC courses or having a light schedule senior year.</p>
<p>I'm taking 3 CLASSES (AP French, Bio, and Euro), but is it too much to possibly independently study AP Statistics?</p>
<p>My school only offers World History as an AP class sophomore year...I'm surprised you even have the option to take so many. And don't stress yourself out so early...3 is a good number.</p>
<p>It should be noted that not all AP classes are alike, and that is why many colleges, while saying whoohoo APs, don't you credit for that many, and if your school allows that many APs for a s[phmore (amny don't) it really doesn't look like the classes are that hard. At my Ds extrememly taught college prep HS, only APs allowed taken as a Soph are in foreign language.</p>
<p>As well, are you reuquired to take the AP exam at the end?</p>
<p>I took AP Calc and APWH this past (soph) school year. Since there are only five APs available in our school, I did APWH on my own. From what I've seen, the difficulty of AP really depends on the general difficulty of your school and the niceness/harshness of the AP teacher. If one goes to a school district where there's grade inflation and one can get straight A's in school without effort of any kind (excluding any geniuses or prodigies), then chances are the AP courses won't be that difficult as well. Of course, it's not 100% certain, but I'm just saying it's a general trend. Now, on the other hand, if you have a sadistic AP teacher who finds all of the hardest questions and throws it into the exams, then that's a different story. </p>
<p>Self-studying an AP is not hard per se; if you have a good command of the subject, you will do well. The AP exam has a nice curve too, so for one to get a 5 only a 60-70% correct is needed. Though, that doesn't mean for one to slack off until one week before the test to start studying. If you are good at school and put in adequate time in studying, 5 is no problem if you self study.</p>
<p>With 4 AP's done by the end of soph year, you're well on the way to get AP National Scholar (not that it matters THAT much, 6,000-ish people get it), but yeah, I wish I had done more AP's earlier so I don't have to cram everything in Junior year.</p>
<p>you must be crazy....i'm sorry, but i truely think that taking 4 APS in your sophmore year is WAY too much</p>