<p>To those taking all AP courses, you either have excellent time management or your setting yourself in an extreme position. How exactly do you do it? Do you set certain amount of hours in every subject daily? Or are you one of those genius procrastinators? Any advice for an average student pondering over to take all AP's Junior year? </p>
<p>Thanks for any input, your invaluable experiences can better prepare me for the worst.</p>
<p>I would strongly recommend taking all APs! Time management is key, especially when you've got plenty of other sports and clubs that need attending to as well. There will probably be days where you just can't avoid staying up way too late, but honestly, if you keep with all of your classes, it's not that tough. I would recommend reviewing or reading over all of your notes for each subject every night. This sounds more difficult than it is and will save you from lots of stress come test time. </p>
<p>Don't set time limits for yourself. You may end up trying to rush and may not absorb the material fully. Take your time, and write out everything you need to do for the day. Keeping a well organized planner is a great idea!</p>
<p>If you teachers give to calendars stating the upcoming homework and readings, read ahead over the weekends. I cannot even describe how much stress I have save myself by doing this. </p>
<p>Also, don't think about the class as AP. Just think about it as a regular class. Lots of kids in my AP world history class love to emphasize how the one AP class they are in is killing them. I have a full load of APs, but I don't psyche myself out like they do by assuming everything is going to be difficult because it's an AP class. I really think this helps a lot! Good luck!</p>
<p>^ Thanks Janelle, your contribution is invaluable.</p>
<p>I'm taking almost all APs, too, and I consider myself a lucky procrastinator, but I find that there are some APs you can procrastinate in and get away with it, yet other require constant study. For me, US history wasn't as difficult, so I put reading two chapters like two days before the test.</p>
<p>On the other hand, Biology was difficult, so I had to study almost every night.</p>
<p>haha, your post reminds myself.</p>
<p>I'll be taking all AP's next semester and took 3 last semester.</p>
<p>I just procrastinate horribly.</p>
<p>US history for example, I read the summaries forget the chapters and I write all of my papers the night before.</p>
<p>^ Failure.....</p>
<p>failure? I have an A in US history</p>
<p>I had this problem last year and in every class except for calculus I just bought the review books for the courses and studied out of those instead of textbooks. Saved a lot of time.</p>
<p>Honestly, taking all AP's isnt really 'that hard'. Procrastinate all you like! Enjoy AP's while you can, they are cake compared to REAL college classes....</p>
<p>...in college, procrastination means;</p>
<ol>
<li>A Miserable life of sorrow and failure</li>
<li>Dropping Out</li>
<li>Cheating like heck to be able to pass</li>
</ol>
<p>I don't really do hw or study for any of my APs. For calc bc, the teacher normally collects hw at the end of a chapter, so I do the 5 or 6 assignments that morning in my other classes. For statistics I normally take the Fs on the hws because I can count on acing every test. In US history I believe we are on chapter 17, but I'm not sure because my book has and will remain in my locker since august. Physics C is my only problem, but i study in my earlier classes and manage to pull it off. Then I have two online APs right now; microeconomics and biology. I spend maybe an hour on each a week...
With the aid of my amazing organizational skills which include dumping all papers into a single duotang folder, and my incredible study habits, I have been able to get straight A's my entire life.
So yeah, an all AP courseload is much easier than many people say...</p>
<p>I'm taking 5 ibs and 1 ap in school and 2 aps online....Just by doing my homework I'm gauranteed all As and 1 B (my lit teacher is beyond retarded....her first year teaching an ap)</p>
<p>I also have an additional question if those who are taking all APs wouldn't mind answering: I have a friend who is currently taking four APs and two dual enrollment courses at our community college (Calc 3 and something else) and she says that some nights she doesn't even get homework, but other nights she is overloaded with homework (she still manages to get straight As). Is this true for any of you, no homework and then loads of homework? Because ideally my senior year I would like to have 5 APs but I am worried about keeping my grades up since I won't get home until 5-6 everday due to drama.</p>
<p>^ yea, it depends if the teachers suddenly feel tired one day or not...thus some days they dont give hw and instead pile it up to give the next day...lol</p>
<p>Some days for APUSH I have no hw, other days she assigns 100 pgs of textbook reading due w/ a test next class O_O</p>
<p>We definitely get overloaded, then like no homework. You just have to plan and look ahead to see what will be due and when tests are coming up.</p>
<p>I'm taking 5 AP classes. I'm a horrible procrastinator, I usually do papers and projects the night before they are due, yet I'm maintaining straight A's. AP classes really aren't that hard, at least not at my school.</p>
<p>Well, getting an A in a class doesn't necessarily mean that you understand. It shows that you've showed up to class each day and have mastered at least some bare minimum of the material. For example, there's this guy I know that took AP Physics B last year. He got an A in the class but he failed the AP exam with a 2.</p>