AP Bio AND AP Physics sophomore year?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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Ok so a little explanation for this…

I took high school classes in middle school and didn’t take them as seriously as I should have, and they ended up affecting my GPA. In 9th, I managed to catch up a little bit and I’m in top 15. But I need to get my place.

So far this is my schedule:

AP Bio
AP Enviro
AP Gov
AP Econ
PAP Spanish 2
Computer Science 2 (I already did AP CompSci, and so in this class I have CompSci 3 curriculum)
PAP English 2
Art 1 (unweighted)
PAP Pre Cal (I get an additional class by going to school 1 hour early)

Right now I have more weighted classes than anyone else. 7/8 weighted, while most people have 4/7 or 5/7 at the most.

But I still need 8/8 if I can possibly overtake valedictorian. They won’t expect me coming from below, but because of how far I fallen behind, I need ALL weighted.

Already my classmates think I am crazy, but the seniors say so far my schedule is completely fine. The top seniors are even taking AP Chem and AP Bio in their year. (this year is the first time sophomores are allowed to take AP bio, so they took physics earlier)

So is it possible? Should I do it? I honestly don’t know what to expect but people have done it in the past.

Or maybe I should be fine with 7/8 and take dual AP science junior year?

Or maybe I am too crazy and shouldn’t do this at all?

I looked into AP Psychology and it cannot fit in my schedule, so I’ll do that next year.

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That’s because you are. :slight_smile:

1/ That only works if you get top grades in all your courses
2/ Unless you’re vying for scholarship money that goes to valedictorians, that should not be a primary motivator for a sophomore.

That’s because they are seniors; they are one year away from college and have two years of academic experience and emotional maturity over a sophomore. There is a reason why many schools limit the number of AP courses that freshmen and sophomores are allowed to take - they’ve seen too many of them crash and burn.

Can your schedule be done? Sure, but it really is the exceptional student (which you may very well be) that is able to pull it off.