<p>Hello~
So next year(Junior Year),I'm taking AP Bio,APUSH,AP Statistics,and AP Language/Composition.
Also I am in the Golf Team.</p>
<p>Do you think that I would be able to manage all 4 AP's next year?</p>
<p>I will also take Precalc and Physics Honors.</p>
<p>I know all schools, teachers, and students are different; AP classes are subjective in a way.</p>
<p>I haven’t taken AP Bio but at my school, it’s considered one of the hardest AP classes. I’m not sure why though; but I heard there’s a bunch of information you have to digest and memorize including vocab. APUSH, well, I’m not sure if you did dialectical notes before if you took AP World but APUSH is a demanding class regarding workload (reading, taking copious notes that are counted for a grade, digesting the history). As for AP Stats, well, I didn’t take that class either but I think it depends on the teacher. If you have a bad teacher, plus you don’t get the material, then you’ll most likely end up with a score you didn’t want. From what I’ve heard, as long as you get the material, then you’ll be fine on the exam, but it helps if you have a good teacher. Last year, all the kids in the AP Stats class got 1’s and 2’s on their exams, and the only person who got a 5 took the class online. So if you end up with a bad teacher, make sure you at least take the time to learn the information yourself. I took AP Comp this year and I think it’s a beneficial class; it helped me a lot in writing and analyzing too. For my Comp class, there’s not that much workload. We just practiced a bunch of APMCs and essay prompts throughout the school year; however, my teacher gave us take home essays to do but that was what pretty much took up the hw for that class besides reading a book we’re reading together in class plus learning some vital vocab (i.e. diction, syntax, metonymy, etc.)</p>
<p>I took precalc too, and I thought I learned a lot from the class; at first some of it was review, but IMO, it’s at a whole different level from Algebra 2. You mostly focus on trig stuff and then some basic calc near the end. Most of the concepts you’ll learn are not difficult as long as you do the hw and study.</p>
<p>Can’t say anything for physics, in fact, I haven’t learned any physics since middle school. Near the end of precalc, you get introduced to some physics when you learn about derivatives and velocity. Physics has math in it so some of the stuff you learn in physics may correlate to precalc. </p>
<p>Obviously I don’t know you, so I can’t say that you can manage those APs. Considering APUSH is a history class, there will be a lot of reading and maybe notes if your teacher requires them. AP Bio, well, you better prepare to read in that class too. AP Comp- it helps if you’re already a good writer and reader, but you will improve in that class; the only hw may consists of take home essays (they can take hours depending on your motivation, procrastination habits, etc.). AP Stat I think should be the easiest AP for you.
I think as long as you allot enough time to study and do your hw for those classes, you’ll be fine. You may die temporarily, but you’ll be fine. </p>
<p>Btw, sorry for my long response.</p>
<p>I’m a junior right now and I have 4 ap classes ( chemistry, psychology, u.s history, english language) along with honors alg2/trig and foreign language. I also was on soccer team/science club/national honors society.
Although you’ll have to study real hard, I think 4 ap classes is manageable. I thing you gotta do though is make a schedule up for yourself and follow it ( ex, 3-4 eat, 4-5 bio 5-6 history etc etc)</p>
<p>AP Bio and AP USH are really intensive with studying the terms and concepts…especially AP USH. So most of your homework will come from these classes. AP USH, I had 1hr sometimes 2hrs or more of homework a night.</p>
<p>AP Stats and AP English are more so you either know it or you don’t from what I hear.</p>
<p>As Maruchan85 said, it depends on your teacher also. Ask around, find out if they teacher is infamously hard or notoriously easy.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the replies~:)</p>
<p>I had a very similar workload this year (4 APs and sports) and I would do the same thing again if I had to redo this year. </p>
<p>US history will probably be more work than the other 3 combined, so be prepared to invest a few hours a week in reading and studying for that. Lang and stats both have absolutely tiny amounts of content and won’t require a huge time commitment during the year. I took the old biology exam (2011) and I think they redesigned it since then, but it wasn’t too bad, for what it’s worth.</p>
<p>Golf season is fall, right? If you’re off of your sport during winter/spring, when the school really picks up, that schedule is totally doable.</p>
<p>At least you’re not taking AP chem. This year (sophomore) I’m taking APUSH and AP chem. they’re killing me. Next year I’m planning to take 4 APs. At least there is no AP Chem anymore. The hard one for me will be AP world.</p>
<p>APUSH is not bad at all, if you have a good teacher.</p>
<p>It really depends on your ability to manage time and whether or not you typically excel in those types of subjects. </p>
<p>AP Bio and APUSH are the two classes that you’ll probably have the most daily homework in. Both require a lot of reading, and if your school uses the same/similar textbooks the reading will be slow going. APUSH is really just memorization based off of your reading and your teacher’s lectures. Bio is similar to APUSH in that it requires a lot of reading and memorization, but you really have to be able to grasp the concepts. Bio is also a class that takes a lot of time to study for since it covers so many things very in depth. These classes might be difficult to handle at the same time, but I took AP Bio and AP Euro history(very similar course load to APUSH) at the same time and got decent grades in both. But again, this depends on your own time management skills. </p>
<p>I definitely suggest you take AP Lang because it’s a really great class to develop your writing and communication skills. At my school, the homework load was similar to that of regular English classes except you didn’t have to read as many books. The main homework in my Lang class was essays/papers periodically. So I would go a long while without much homework and then have about a week of working on a big paper. If you’re a good writer, the class will be a breeze. If you’re not, you should still take it because it’s great for developing your writing skills. AP Lang also usually covers the required intro writing course in most colleges. Also, if you plan on taking AP Lit your senior year you should definitely take AP Lang your junior year. Lang will develop some of the skills you expand on in AP lit. </p>
<p>I have no idea about AP stats because I’ve never taken it. However, in my school precalc(which was precalc with trig for us) was one of the choices for a required prerequisite for AP stats. If it’s similar in your school then you might want to take stats after you take precalc.</p>
<p>Physics is a very math-based science using a lot of equations. So if you’re good with math, memorizing equations, and understanding those equations then you’ll be fine. If you were good at Algebra you should do well in Physics. I also took precalc and AP physics the same year and some of the things we learned in precalc connected to what we did in physics. However, I don’t know if it’ll be like that with your precalc and Physics Honors class.</p>
<p>Also, if you have never taken any APs before this might be a big jump for you. If you took at least one this year you should be able to handle it better.</p>