6 or maybe 7 AP's sophomore year? Help!

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>This would be my tentative schedule for next year as a rising sophomore:</p>

<p>AP Calc BC
AP Stats
AP Macroeconomics
AP Lang
AP Computer Science A</p>

<p>And MAYBE AP World...I'll see how my biology class goes along with my SAT II Biology. If I do bad, I might need to take AP World to help my SAT II requirement...</p>

<p>I also might self study AP Microeconomics. Do you guys think I can handle all of this work next year? This year I'm taking AP Human...if you were to compare all of those classes above, would it be super challenging? Also, please tell me the average amount of work you guys had for the classes above. It would help me make my decision so much. Thank you so much if you help me...I really need some advice!</p>

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<p>why on earth would you want to take so many ap classes SOPHOMORE year? you do realize that you’ll still have two years after that, right? i doubt any college is gonna expect so many ap’s in tenth grade.</p>

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<p>My question: should I take it? Can I handle it?</p>

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<p>What will have left for 11th and 12th?</p>

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<p>should you take it? you would probably get a better answer if you said why you want to take so many soph year. </p>

<p>can you handle it? nobody here really knows you (i’m assuming).</p>

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<p>Spread it out. AP Human is just about the easiest AP, except maybe AP Gov. These are way more intensive classes than APH. My sister took APH last year as a freshman and is only in AP World (as in the rest are honors but not AP) and she still has a mid-C in that class. AP world is a big shock. Add those other classes and you’ll be stressed out as heck.</p>

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<p>I’m a little scared about taking AP World…I don’t know if I should do it to be honest. Will you guys tell me a little more about the other classes?</p>

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<p>Texas, for 11th I will take AP Psych, AP Enviro, AP Gov. The rest are either college courses or study halls. 12th is all college courses/ easy stuff.</p>

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<p>That’s a lot of APs. That would be really tough and not fun.
You don’t need to take your SAT IIs as a sophomore.</p>

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<p>How much homework would I probably get every day?</p>

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<p>As a sophomore taking 7 AP’s and 4 college courses [1 is an overlap], I say:</p>

<p>There is no try, only do and do not.</p>

<p>You must know true power to wield ultimate power.</p>

<p><em>Another philosophical message that has been clearly plagiarized and misconstrued</em></p>

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<p>It would obviously vary by school and teacher, but at my school that would come to about 8 hours a day with World. That’s a full time job without ever going to class.</p>

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<p>How many APs does your school have? Save some for 11th and 12th grade!</p>

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<p>the valedictorian at my insanely competitive public school took 4 AP’s as a sophomore. 6 /7 AP’s is even stretching it for juniors…
i wouldnt recommend it. limit yourself to 4(or 5 if you have several easy APs mixed in)</p>

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<p>Dude you’re gonna freaking die from that many AP’s.</p>

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<p>Really the workload isn’t that bad if you learn the system–BS things, quick cram w/ review books or chapter skims for tests, etc. A huge tip is to get hw done faster than you can be assigned it. Do several chapters ahead when you have free time and you’ll be good to enjoy whatever you want in future free time (because really, there honestly is so much even with so many APs) without worrying. </p>

<p>Enjoy (your schedule might as well be harder than a college student’s and you’ll find relief when you get to college). Looking at your APs, take community college DE/Calc III next year and oh boy are you far ahead of the game (once you enter college). You even will have computer science done, I’m jealous… For you I see it possible to graduate in 2.5 or less years in engineering if you keep up work in the community college during high school!</p>

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<p>that’s insane
good luck avoiding an explosion of your brain</p>

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<p>Tangentline, If he’s taking Calc BC, I get like 4-5 hours of math homework every night and I’m only in Pre-Calc Honors. And I got called lazy by my teacher today because I skipped 5 problems on a 75 question homework assignment (a lot of which were 6 part problems)</p>

<p>At my school the most AP classes I heard of a sophomore taking was 3 (AP Biology, AP European History and AP Art History) The only AP classes sophomores can take period are AP Art History, AP Euro, APES, and AP Biology.</p>

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<p>Lol I’m a junior and your schedule is pretty much mine :D</p>

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<p>You might be able to handle it, depending on your work ethic, but I’m starting to think you’re a masochist. If you work as hard as it takes to excel, your social life and extracurriculars will probably - no, will definitely suffer for it.</p>

<p>Seriously, I applaud you, but you can look competitive without overburdening yourself.</p>