Advice for one that somewhat understands the road ahead?

<p>@PBush: Thanks for your advice, but I think I’m pretty well involved at my school also. This year I will be the Treasurer for my schools’ CSF and NHS clubs, Vice President for Red Cross Club, and quite possibly something in my Spanish Club and Debate Club. i like to participate in my school’s Science Bowl and Science Olympiad teams. I also have been in Varsity Tennis and will start trying out Cross Country. I’m also trying to get volunteer service along the way.
-I know I go to a smaller school, but I would like to greatly expand my prospects at flexibility (in terms of colleges), and maybe a chance at some scholarships and all that good stuff haha.</p>

<p>@tan2007 and Salve!: Thank you both very much for your feedback. However, I apologize by making my post so obscure :frowning: What I meant in terms of advice was something among the lines of tips to more effectively study and get through the classes.</p>

<p>You’re both right, I am pretty adamant about my choices in classes (besides the self-study Chemistry), but I just wanted to see if there were any things I could prep myself in to make things a bit less stressful, albeit work-heavy.</p>

<p>You’re really going to stress ourself out with these courses, moreso than usual…Doesn’t your school have pre reqs for some of these courses? Like taking U.S History before AP, Physics befor AP, stuff like that?</p>

<p>Are you actually interested in every one of these courses? If not, then you’re just wasting your life and time. And hpow will you devote some time to your EC’s if you have to do some of these thiongs as well. You’re just acting for regular stress, not the good Eustress…</p>

<p>-JAJdude: My school doesn’t have a prereq. class for my classes. Besides math and language, only AP Biology and AP Chemistry have the classes you have to take before taking AP-level. I’m definitely interested in these classes! (I mean, I chose them right?) I’m kind of trying to either get these classes out of the way, on the college-track, or trying to see if I’d like to pursue these subjects any further. Thanks for your concern haha, I know it will probably be quite a stressful experience, but I’m hoping this personal experiment can help me measure just how far I can go :)</p>

<p>My advice then is to cut down on your workload to make your schedule more “manageable.” The quality of your work and your learning experience is really going to nosedive if you don’t know how to challenge yourself in moderation. That may sound paradoxical, but the real challenge comes from taking less and making more out of it. None of us are necessarily overtly “concerned” for your well-being, we just think it’s a foolish and inefficient way to approach learning material.</p>

<p>If anything, just don’t self-study Chemistry. There’s too much to learn and not enough time, given your insistence to overload your schedule.</p>

<p>P.S. I am in no way impressed or jealous of what you’re about do. I could really care less and think you’re being smug about the whole thing. But that’s just me.</p>

<p>EDIT: You changed your schedule awhile ago and I did not notice. It looks more reasonable now, though I would suggest you to self-study Euro History senior year, mostly because things will be more lax and you’ll have more time to really absorb the info. I self-studied Euro history last year during my senior year and it was pretty enjoyable because I had little classwork and I was done with the college app process. Good luck :S</p>

<p>-tan2007: Thanks for the luck, but I think I’ll be more stubborn about the AP Euro haha. Sorry to seem so smug. I just wanted to cut straight to my point without fluffing it up to much from someone to shoot me down (but I guess avoiding it is just me asking for it lol).</p>