Another Senior Schedule Crisis...

Pre-College Issues High School Life
1

<p>I'm having lots of indecision and worry over my senior schedule. I took 5 AP's my junior year across a large range of subject matter (english, history, physics, calc, and spanish) this year and it was a ton of work but I managed and ended up with extremely satisfactory grades (praying that they stick for the next two weeks!)</p>

<p>For senior year, I'm looking to enjoy myself a little more with more focused classes. My school allows us to take 6 classes. I technically already signed up for those listed below, but it's very easy to have my guidance counselor change anything.</p>

<pre><code> English 12 Electives: Shakespeare and British Literature
AP Calculus BC
AP Government (1 sem) and Psychology (1 sem)
Independent Study AP Physics C (Mechanics and E&M)
Robotics
AP Computer Science
</code></pre>

<p>So, a little more info. I chose Shakespeare/Brit Lit over AP Literature for personal interest and workload reasons, but I may end up switching if the scheduling doesn't work out. Another note, I've exhausted the Spanish curriculum at my school and have neither the desire nor the transportation to take dual enrollment courses, so I'm hoping that having completed AP Spanish 4 will fulfill the 4 year language requirement (I even got high school half credit for 8th grade spanish...)</p>

<p>My school requires a senior social studies, and my other options were AP Gov/AP Econ or AP Psych (yearlong.) I abhor economics and didn't want to have a class where I would hate doing the work pretty much constantly so I settled for AP Gov/ Regular Psychology. The AP Psych teacher sucks at my school, but I'm having second thoughts. Maybe I should struggle through Econ or AP Psych... I don't have to take the test if I don't want to...Thoughts?</p>

<p>I'm worried because this seems like a step down from 5 AP's, especially because I may have to switch classes (a lot of these end up with very few people and so only 1 period is offered, which means there's a chance they will overlap.)</p>

<p>I put Stagecraft as my alternate elective (I do theater 24/7 outside of school) and I might be able to get that labeled as an Independent Study so it represents a higher level (I already took it this year oops) but beyond that my options are fairly limited. I could do Material Science as another alternative...or like AP Environmental (a joke class in my school.)</p>

<p>Like most rising seniors, I'm having lots of probably unnecessary anxiety over the little things, but I would really appreciate your input. Any advice, comments, opinions, questions, anything! Thanks for reading this marathon of a post in the first place! </p>

2

<p>Why do you hate Econ? Does the material just seem boring to you?
If you think you can pull off an A or B in the class, I would just say go on and take it. Many people take AP US gov and AP Econ together. Or is there a regular level Econ? </p>

3

<p>It seems boring and confusing. We did a little stuff with economics in my math class and history class this year, and both times it went right over my head and I just could not get it.</p>

4

<p>I was in a similar situation. Junior year, I was taking the hardest course load available (Physics and chem and calc in the same year was not the smartest choice I’ve made). My senior year definitely looked more laid-back because I took 4 APs(not the hard ones), and 3 extra courses (one was semester long, another was a class that doesn’t have any homework and the other was a joke). It definitely gave me an edge over my classmates to have already taken the courses that they were taking when we applied. </p>

<p>If AP Gov is offered 1st semester and you really don’t want to take Psych or Econ, I would honestly just leave your second semester as a study. You’re going to want the time second semester when the senioritis starts to kick in and you need/want the time to keep your grades up. And I also independently studied AP Physics C, and that subject was a brain sapper. The extra time could come in handy.</p>

<p>Since you took the AP for Spanish, it’ll be fine to not take the dual enrollment course. You’ve proven that you can handle the language at a more difficult level. Again, I was a similar position with calc. I couldn’t take BC or multivar, so I had to take AP Stats. My GC explained everything in her letter though. </p>

5

<p>Thank you!</p>