6 AP classes junior year...

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<p>I'm a rising junior and my schedule is as follows:</p>

<p>AP Computer Science
AP Macroeconomics
AP US History
AP Biology
AP Statistics
AP English Literature and Composition</p>

<p>I didn't take any AP classes my freshman year, but in my sophomore year, I took:</p>

<p>AP Chemistry
AP World History
AP Calculus BC (without prior AB knowledge)</p>

<p>Do you think my junior year schedule is manageable? How did you guys balance your time? I also have a job on Mondays and Thursdays and I usually get home at 8 on those days. I do a paid tutoring program for elementary school kids Mondays through Thursdays and I'll be continuing this for the rest of high school. I took the SAT and ACT in my freshman year but the scores were bad, so I plan to take them again my junior year. I hope to score above 2300 and thus get into an Ivy League, preferably Yale or Harvard. I have done 200 hours of community service at a local food bank and a hospital, but I hope to do more.</p>

<p>If you or someone you know had got accepted into an Ivy League, what accomplishments did you guys do to attract the League's attention?</p>

<p>I know I'm asking lots of questions but thanks for reading my post. Please leave some comments and I'll appreciate your help!</p>

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<p>I am also an upcoming junior and have a similar schedule planned for next year. However, I feel that working at a job, while trying to do good in those classes will be be quite hard. Colleges would rather see you doing well in your junior year classes because that is the year that everything you do actually counts. My cousin attends Columbia and she got in because she had good scores (3.89 GPA and 2270), national award winner at HOSA, and won at the Intel science fair. If you just get good scores and win a national award, then you will probably receive their attention.</p>