Am I overloading my schedule?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>Is it humanly possible to play a varsity sport, be in the school's musical's pit orchestra, maintain a 4.0 GPA, be in school early every day for band or clubs, all during the 2 weeks of AP season?</p>

<p>Sports: 2 hours every day
Musical: 4 hours a day for 1 week, I would have to alternate between this and the sport
GPA: feasible, I can study during other classes like I do lots of times during crunch time
Clubs/band: feasible, but I'd have to get up earlier and lose more of the sleep I barely have
APs: 3 slightly easier exams, but still 3.</p>

<p>I desperately don't want to give up anything, but the only thing I can give up by now is the musical.</p>

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<p>^bumpppppp</p>

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<p>why in the world would u bump just 7 min later…</p>

<p>and no, you will not be able to do all of these. Sacrifice is the word here. Unless you want to sacrifice your life and your mind…</p>

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<p>or your soul o_O.</p>

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<p>^lmao.</p>

<p>but really only you know if it’s feasible. I can tell you whether or not I could do it but that won’t help you much…</p>

<p>all you really have to do is think about other ‘crunch’ times, how you handled them, and how they compare to this.</p>

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<p>Well, if you have a really tough courseload it will be hard but not impossible.
Remember, it isn’t the amount of stuff you do but rather of the depth. I used to be part of 5 clubs and I was also on varsity basketball but I focused my schedule on doing one thing only. It made me realize, “Wait… Do you really need to do all of this?” By concentrating my schedule on doing my passion (writing, arts, lit, etc.) I spent less time doing a 100 things and more time doing 1 really well.</p>

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<p>You probably won’t be sleeping at all, but you could do it. I agree with RedPassion.</p>

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<p>Well for pit it’s only 1 week. 1 week of pit with everything else is hell though. And I’ve been there. Actually I’m in it right now, but it’s only this week. I have viola lessons at 9pm on mondays, track everyday until 5, orch rehearsal for 3 hours, other clubs, and orch competition until 10pm. This is why i can’t wait for spring break (next week! xD). I don’t think it’ll be easy to keep a 4.0 if you’re going to be sleep deprived with all these activities.</p>

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<p>It is possible. I read a book about kids who kept a 4.0, super busy, and only 3 hours of sleep on a good night. I don’t recommend it though.</p>

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<p>It’s <em>possible</em>, but you’re going to be pretty miserable while doing it.</p>

<p>I don’t know your courseload, so I can’t say exactly how much time you’ll spend on homework and studying. But if it’s even three hours, then you’re already spending 17 hours on school a day. (Preparing for it, classroom time, transport, etc.) That leaves you only seven hours for sleeping and doing other things.</p>