<p>I am a current junior at a horrible black, public high school where the average ACT is 17 and everyone fails AP's with 1s..... My schedule looks like this:</p>
<p>First Semester
AP English Language
AP US History
Pre-AP Physics
AP Biology</p>
<p>Second Semester
PreCalculus
French
Anatomy
AP Biology (year long)</p>
<p>My school is crappy and runs on a block schedule. We spend way too much time in class, and everyday I have a wagon load of homework. I was planning on self-studying Art History, Psychology, and Environmental Science. I wanted to know how you magnificent CCers manage to prep for 6+ AP's each year while managing your normal course load?</p>
<p>Drop Psychology and Environmental Science. Most schools don't consider these tests and recognize that they're easy. Try focusing on the APs you take. Quantity < Quality. I would rather get 5s on 4APs than 3~4s on 6APs</p>
<p>Well quantity does beat quality for AP state scholar awards. (But that refers to taking a 5 for granted, quality -> actual usefulness of the course to you.)</p>
<p>dont worry man i got an insane courseload so im with u...</p>
<p>First sem-
Bio
Physics
Chem
Eng</p>
<p>Second sem-
Physics(12)
math
co-op/interning</p>
<p>and im studying 5- physic C-both, chem, bio, calculus BC which i gotta teach everything calculus related to me by myself.</p>
<p>i think its manageable man..i mean u can do it, find a way to not get distracted by ur school environment and yah...</p>
<p>also, from what i know and from experience that of my friends who thought it was a great idea to study at a low-level school to achieve better marks, that is wrong-mainly because universities know and have a feeling that A) u did it to prove ur smartest in the school or B) for ur own sick twisted pleasure.....unless that is the only nearest district school by ur house, its acceptable and if ur smart well hey thats just bad luck...but univeristies do take into consideration where ur coming from...</p>
<p>I'm almost certain that most universities that aren't in the Ivy Leagues will have a checklist counting off how much APs you've taken without actually looking at which course. It would be far too time consuming to weigh AP Bio against APES unless they were choosing between people on the borderline.</p>
<p>What I do is read an AP prep book in a day or two... take the practice test to see where I'm at. Usually I get a five with this amount of studying, but if I don't, I reread the book, or read another company's book. Then the week before the AP test, I reread the prep book, make flashcards, and study all day and all night. I do this for all the classes, except the easy ones (APES, etc) and it worked for me last year... 2 4's, 4 5's.</p>