AP Class Dilemma (Push back or don't?)

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>I'm planning on taking a schedule almost entirely full of AP classes in junior and senior year. Here's what I'm looking at:</p>

<p>Junior: AP English Language, APUSH, AP Bio, AP Stat, AP Human World Geo, AP Psych, Spanish IV HONORS</p>

<p>Senior: AP English Lit, AP Gov/AP Econ, AP Physics, AP Calc AB, AP Spanish Language, AP Chem, Lifetime Wellness/Personal Finance</p>

<p>As you've noticed, I'm pushed back the generally more "difficult" AP classes to senior year. This is because I plan on applying early to some colleges, and I want my G.P.A. to be the highest it can be (just in case, I mess up ;) ) Also, I won't have as much pressure to make good scores on my AP exams.</p>

<p>Please help me decide: balance APs or push back?</p>

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<p>Please, please give me some advice! :)</p>

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<p>Mix them up. The way you have it, your second semester senior year is going to suck. Take the hard ones while you still have a good work ethic. Maybe something like switch econ/gov with human geo, calc with stats, and chem with psych.</p>

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<p>Agreed. Once you start hearing back from schools, it’s very possible that you’ll lose all motivation to do work, so having only 2/3 hard classes senior year as opposed to all 7 would be helpful.</p>