<p>I am currently a freshman and I am only enrolled in one AP - (AP Human Geography which is very easy). My science, English, and geography teachers strongly recommended me taking AP Chemistry, AP English Language, and AP World History respectively. Is this too much to handle for sophomore year? I really want to do the best I can, but I don't want to overwhelm myself. Thanks, guys.</p>
<p>No, you’ll do just fine.</p>
<p>Well, let me tell you one thing - AP Human Geography is NOTHING like other AP’s in terms of rigor or workload… so if you think that Human Geo is preparing you for the rest of the AP world, you may very well be mistaken. I’m not trying to be mean, only honest… </p>
<p>Sophomore Year, I took only one AP (AP US History) and I struggled slightly, there was a lot of work and I had a difficult time managing. I finished the class with a 90.0% and an exam score of 4, so I guess it was worth it. Sophomore year is a drag for everyone, so I don’t know if piling on AP’s will only exacerbate the situation… especially AP’s like Chem. Chem is notoriously a killer at my school if you aren’t absolutely in love with the subject.</p>
<p>As a Junior, I’m in AP World, English, and APES - World and English are easy if you are a humanities minded person (now that isn’t to say you won’t succeed if you’re more mathy - plenty of Calculus aficionados in my school fare very well in English and World… but that isn’t to say they enjoy it, per se.) </p>
<p>I say take it slow Sophomore year, I think that three AP’s will ultimately overwhelm any Sophomore. Take perhaps one AP course (I suggest World) and then start piling on the AP’s come Junior and Senior year… you’ll be able to handle it a lot better and your time management will be perfected by then.</p>
<p>I didn’t take any APs freshman year and only took one last year (world history). But apparently taking APs early has become the norm on cc. Honestly I would have been completely overwhelmed taking 3 APs as a sophomore, but everyone has different ability levels. Try to picture yourself with so much more work and material to learn and consider whether you really have enough time and motivation to devote yourself to it. If your teachers think you can do it, you’re probably qualified for all of the classes separately, but taking them all at once could be a huge burden. I’m taking 4 APs this year (language, bio, apush, and art history) and one of them is online, and I’m still really overwhelmed. So basically I’m just saying to gauge your own ability to manage your time and perform well under stress.</p>
<p>Yes. Just, yes. Amen to preamble1776.</p>
<p>Yes, I know that AP Human Geography is nothing like a real AP course, I wish I had a real one to try this year. I really appreciate all of your input and I hope to talk to my guidance counselor about taking them all at the same time as opposed to taking them separately.</p>
<p>I took my first AP junior year. Calm down.</p>
<p>I highly discourage taking all three at once your sophomore year. Depending on your time-management and motivation you might be able to take two of those at most without being too overwhelmed. Unless you’re really interested in one or two AP subjects, I suggest just going with AP World History, which by itself is a considerable amount of material and work. I’d save AP Chem and Lang for junior/senior year.</p>
<p>I think it’s totally doable, but it kind of depends on how much you are willing to put towards the work.</p>
<p>As a sophomore, we are only allowed to take one AP course (world history). I’m a junior now. I am taking 7 AP classes out of the 8 classes I take at school, and I am handling it just fine!</p>
<p>That shouldn’t be too tough. I am only taking AP Euro this year, which is really easy. But at my school, they only allow certain APs to certain grade levels AND after certain prerequisites. Which is, I guess, slightly beneficial to me, as colleges won’t (well, shouldn’t) think less of me for not taking an AP class that my school wouldn’t let me take. But, oh! Self-study for the really easy ones, and skip the class. Yeah. </p>
<p>Also, APs, everyone.
It’s “APs.”
This is driving me nuts. Take out the apostrophe or my brain will combust.</p>
<p>Just letting you guys know the AP Chem and AP Lang classes i’m taking are specifically for sophomores, so the teachers that recommended me aren’t recommending me to a class of all juniors/seniors, etc if that helps.</p>
<p>@NoPassionAtAll - If grammatical errors perturb you, then I guess the internet isn’t exactly the place for you, lol.</p>