5 Majors?! or 6?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey everyone here's my senior year courseload:</p>

<p>AP Statistics
AP Government
AP British Literature
AP Biology
AP German V</p>

<p>Now I'm torn between whether to take a 6th major (AP Environmental Science) or not. If I did take a 6th major, I worry about whether or not ill be able to maintain straight As with the additional work. On the other hand, my counselor told me that taking only 5 majors senior year would severely impair my chances of getting into top notch universities.</p>

<p>Is it worth the risk, and would it affect my chances that much?</p>

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<p>...German V isn't AP...</p>

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<p>i hope u realize that u and I don't go to the same school, that's its name at my school whether its simply AP german in reality is unknown to me</p>

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<p>That's a lie.</p>

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<p>Yeah...I only took 4 academic classes at my school (plus one online) and an elective, and got into my first choice. You'll be fine. You don't HAVE to be an overachiever to get in :-)</p>

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<p>it just helps ;)</p>

<p>5 ap's is enough tho</p>

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<p>and they are called AP's
not Majors</p>

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<p>all i can say is you're gonna cry 2nd semester. everyone will be partaying and you gotta study all day.</p>

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<p>sandyrun probably intended to say that majors meant hard academic classes. Anyway SandyRun... five ap's is more than enough, seriously, unless you are seriously not being challenged at school.</p>

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<p>well i dunno I'm taking 3 AP's and 3 honors this year</p>

<p>Plus, some of these AP's are on the lighter side (at least for my school)</p>

<p>Easy:
AP Statistics
AP German V
AP Envi. Sci.</p>

<p>Intermediate:
AP Brit. Lit.
AP Biology</p>

<p>Hard:
AP Government</p>

<p>And about the partying, i party a lot as is, and im sure 2nd semester will be even better considering i can slack off a bit</p>

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<p>When I was in school as a senior, I was working my ass off to have a shot at good schools... I never stopped trying that year and fortunately it paid off. If I were a straight A kid however, I guess I could live a little.</p>

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<p>yeah i second dirtysocks...think about second semester. Your motivation is going to be dismally low, and low motivation + 6 APs = disaster</p>

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<p>Is there really an AP Brit. Lit.? I certainly wasn't aware of it...</p>

<p>The average person at MIT takes 4-5 APs in their entire high school career. Don't stress yourself, but Environmental Science is one of the pseudo-APs so I doubt you'll have a problem with it.</p>

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<p>yea thats what i was thinking. but wait i thought it was ok to get Bs and Cs second semester. am i wrong?</p>

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<p>I've never heard of AP brit lit. There is no AP test for it, just European history and English Literature.</p>

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<p>yea but thats the name of the class, but English= British, so English Literature= British Literature.</p>

<p>Also does anyone have an answer for my previous post?</p>

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<p>i think that British would imply only British, while English implies both British and American.</p>

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<p>Yeah, if you're studying only British lit in AP lit, you're screwed for the AP test.</p>

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<p>*** u got weird ass names for aps</p>

<p>ap british lit = ap lit?</p>

<p>good luck with that, id suggest one easy or fun or interest class senior year
unless ur school weighs aps differently, and u want to improve ur rank</p>

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<p>TAKE IT!!! if you fail, what are the consequences, but if you succeed you will never question if you coulda shoulda woulda</p>