<p>So my schedule for next year is:
AP Calculus AB
AP Physics B
AP Psycology
AP Chemistry
German 4
Honors English Literature </p>
<p>I will also be self-studying Calc BC and Physics C, taking my PSAT in October, and will be taking the ACT. I actually already self-studied AP Chem the year before and got a 5, but I have heard from other people at my school that Honors English Lit is brutal and that 3 percent of the people who take it get an A. Half of the people who take the class drop out by 2nd semester. The problem is that if I don't take H.E.L. (haha)I'm not elligible for valedictorian. Do colleges really care if you are valedictorian or not or is standardized test scores and AP more important to them? I just want to know if I am overloading or if I should give up some stuff in my list. Thanks!</p>
<p>couple of questions: why are you taking AP chem is you took the AP exam already? and you know that you cant take the Calc AB and BC exams in the same year right?
well… trying to self study physics C is kinda hard, but if there’s a will, there’s a way.</p>
<p>My school only offers Calc AB and Physics B. I’m taking AP Chem for 2 reasons: One, since I already know the material I can totally blow off the class, and two I am elligible to complete in the local Olympiad Chem Contest so the class would be a good review.</p>
<p>I can’t be certain since I never took any of the physics APs, but don’t physics B and C cover totally different areas? If so, I would recommend dropping physics B for an “independent study” course if your school will allow it, which would let you self-teach physics C while in school.</p>
<p>And as for the valedictorian thing, it might look a little bit nicer to be valedictorian, but I think colleges think highly of all the people ranked in the top 5 or top 10 of the class (depending on your class size).</p>
<p>I wouldn’t take Honors Lit if you think it might hurt your GPA. Being valedictorian would probably look nice on an application, but I don’t think it would significantly alter your chances of getting in anywhere if you were just in the top 1-2% instead.</p>
<p>It sounds kind of strange to me to take Physics B with the intention of self-studying for Physics C. I’ve not taken Physics B so I’m not the most informed, but I think you’ll be 1) learning a lot of topics in B that won’t be on the C test, and 2) learning quite a bit of C material on your own. Basically anything that involves calculus, and I think a lot or even the majority of the E&M material isn’t taught in B. So, good luck.</p>
<p>physics b is completely different than C. You will see that, and if you are going to take the Physics B class, you should take the Physics B test. And also, colleges will see that you already took your AP Chemistry test before you took the class and then will realize like you already stated, its a throw away class and means nothing. They see the year you took the exam, and then will see what year you took the class, which will not coincide. Plus where is your social studies? Thats important. Drop a science (ahem chemistry) and take on a social study</p>
<p>mom22girls, she only took the BC test. They arrive at the regular BC score by grading the whole test (which is mixed AB and BC material), not just the BC stuff. They also give you an AB subgrade in which they’ll isolate the AB material on the BC test and only grade that. The two tests are scheduled at the same time, so it’s literally impossible to take them both.</p>