<p>Ok, so my friend and I are taking this schedule junior year. Is this too much?</p>
<p>AP Psychology
AP calculus AB (1st semester)
AP calculus BC (2nd semester)
AP comparative government and politics
AP US History
H sociology
H english 3
H computer apps </p>
<p>Online:
AP world history
AP human geography
AP computer science A</p>
<p>online classes are yearlong and you are supposed to spend about 45 minutes on each class daily. Also this is going to be a block schedule so there are 4 periods in school each 90 minutes long. Is it possible to do well with this?</p>
<p>This is ridiculous</p>
<p>Ok…So should I drop one online class?</p>
<p>Uh, 3 classes that are 45 minutes, plus your normal school day, that’s almost 10 hours of going to school, not even including studying and homework. The AP classes you are taken are all pretty tame, except for US History (not really hard, just a lot of studying) and Calculus (which may not be if you’re good at math), it’s just a lot of schoolwork.</p>
<p>If you want my advice, I would probably cut Human Geography, and maybe one of your other online classes. AP Human Geography is regarded as one of the easiest AP classes and probably won’t give you too much rigor, and would just add unnecessary work. AP World History and Computer Science are both in that easy-to-medium level, and cutting one of them wouldn’t be a huge deal.</p>
<p>The way our school scheduling works is that they try to balance out all the classes. For example, I would have 2 AP’s and 2 Honors first semester and 3 AP’s and 1 Honors second semester. Also I am aware that human geography is a total joke but im not sure about world history and computer science.</p>
<p>are you taking all these APs for the exams or for the classes? more than 4 APs a year is already incredibly tough, and you’ve got 8 which is just ridiculous. human geography, world history, and psychology are the simple ones you’ve got on there, but unless you’re some sort of genius you won’t be able to manage all those APs. not even close.</p>
<p>what happened, you didn’t take any APs at all before this year?</p>
<p>In our school freshman cant take any Ap’s at all and sophomores can only take 1. Im taking ap environmental science this year. Also I dont plan on taking all exams next year. Im taking the Calc, Psych, APUSH, Comparative, and human geography exam next year</p>
<p>Yeah, it’s an okay schedule you have mostly easier APs.</p>
<p>Yea, you’re freakin nuts.</p>
<p>Don’t take the online classes. Your schedule is pretty solid without them.</p>
<p>Just drop the online classes (they are more harder to manage than normal schoolwork). And to the other commenters: You all need to be more spefic when you say ridicuous or crazy or mad. Anyway: Take a different mindset on this, Think that these are regular classes with AP in front of them. To many people panick and start failing because they regret taking this many but It seem like you are good in S.S. so if you are good in math then you got a straight-edge schedule.</p>
<p>On a serious note: Don’t bother with the online classes unless you are legitimately interested in them. Your schedule is rigorous enough without them. No admissions person is going to say, “Wow, this kid didn’t take 22 AP classes online his junior year, rejected!”.</p>
<p>I don’t hear something like “this guy only took one AP/IB, rejected!” But that seems to be the idea on CC.</p>
<p>The college counselor at my son’s school would never in a million years sign off on this. High school isn’t COSTCO…you shouldn’t buy in bulk. If I were an admissions counselor this transcript would scream “I AM TRYING TOO HARD TO IMPRESS YOU!” LOL</p>
<p>^^^ This. OP seems to be overdoing the challenging classes, imo.</p>
<p>The only “challenge” I see is AP US History. And it nothing but a bunch of hw and stuffs. You have to look at all appects of each classes. And only If you think you can manage a good grade, I say go for it. </p>
<p>Also could the OP post his current schedule???</p>
<p>I agree that it’s a bit much, as someone else suggested I would drop any online classes that you’re not actually interested in and are just taking because it will look good on a transcript. No college is impressed if you take 8 APs and get less than stellar grades, rather than taking, say, 4 APs and getting As in all of them.</p>
<p>On a side note, how are you planning on taking these AP classes online? My school does not offer computer science classes but I am very interested in taking that class, so I’m trying to find a way to do so. Any help would be appreciated, and good luck with your courseload!</p>
<p>“The only “challenge” I see is AP US History. And it nothing but a bunch of hw and stuffs. You have to look at all appects of each classes. And only If you think you can manage a good grade, I say go for it.”</p>
<p>Descuff, I am concerned that you don’t understand that different high schools have different amounts of rigor. Taking 8 APs is ridiculous and unnecessary. An application to HYP is MUCH more than grades. If you are going to school 10 hours a day and then having to study another 6-7, there is absolutely no time for ECs. OP, how will you have time to show leadership and passion? I go to a school more rigorous than most, but with 5 AP tests coming up I can tell you that I am so burnt out that I’m struggling to even study. I cannot imagine taking 8 AP exams. </p>
<p>tl;dr drop the online classes, they’re a waste of time. Just take what you’re planning on in school.</p>
<p>@alwaysleah, he’s not taking all 8 exams. He said Calculus, Psych, APUSH, Comp Gov and Human Geo, and it seems that he’s considering dropping the Human Geo. </p>
<p>I do agree that if OP isn’t going to have enough time left for ECs, an extra AP or two isn’t going to compensate for this. However, if he can manage it with good grades and strong ECs, this won’t scream “I’m trying too hard to impress you,” as others have said. To me, this would scream “I have great time management skills, I am determined, and most importantly, I have impressive academic strength and ability.”</p>
<p>Obviously, we have insufficient information to conclude as to whether OP will actually be able to pull this off, so it really is just going to fall on his shoulders to weigh this for himself. Ask yourself, is this really for you? Do you have any doubts about whether you can maintain a high level of academic achievement? Do you have the determination and the ability to make this work? If so, I say go for it, especially if you’re applying to the Ivy League/Stanford (can’t imagine you applying to MIT/Caltech they way you load up on social studies).</p>
<p>But here’s one last thing to consider: the general consensus on CC (not that this counts for a whole lot) is that applying to these schools is basically a crap-shoot. If OP is seriously considering these schools, you’re going to need something to set you apart from other applicants, and I’m not saying it’s a schedule like this, but it’s go big or go home, in any case.</p>
<p>Actually my point is we keep looking at the numbers of AP courses not what each one is all about. Also study habits and time varies between each individuals, as I only require about less than one hour for all 5 of my classes, to get mostly A’s.
Also 8 AP doesn’t nesscarry mean that your day is pretty much filled up.
However, We know not the type of person the OP is or what he is like. I has to assume he/she can handle this so-called “ridiculous” schedule.</p>