AP classes...Do I plan to do too much?

Pre-College Issues Home Schooling and College
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I’ll be a junior next year. I plan to take quite a few courses over the summer through a form of virtual schooling.
This year, I’m taking (and my grade in each class):
Chemistry Honors (A)
English 2 Honors (A)
Spanish 3 Honors (A)
Algebra 2 Honors (B, but I’m working hard on getting it to an A)
Psychology (A)
World History Honors (A)

Over the summer I plan to take:
Pre-Calculus Honors (I want to take it so that I can be put into the next level math course after this)
Driver’s Ed (this is 1/2 of a credit)
Another 1/2 credit course

Next year I plan to take:
AP Chemistry
AP English Language and Composition
Choir 1
AP AB Calculus
Color guard 1 (This requires staying after school for practice twice a week from 2-5)
AP United States History
-AP Human Geography Online
-AP Psychology Online

If enough people had signed up for it at my school, I would have signed up for AP Spanish Language.
I also plan to be apart of Big Brother’s Big Sisters and get volunteer hours for an hour a week at the local elementary school.
I also want to be in various clubs, and possibly a sport.
I need to get straight A’s, and possibly become part of the National Honor Society either next year or my senior year.

I also would like to have a little bit of a social life, and enjoy high school.

Am I taking on too much? On average, how much homework will each class give me? I aim to get 5’s on the AP tests next year.

My overall goals before finishing high school are:
Be very close to acquiring, or acquire my associates degree
Be apart of the National Honor Society
At my graduation wear a sash for graduating with high honors

Are these goals realistic? What can I do to achieve them?

2

That’s a very rigorous schedule, but can you take another year of Spanish? Even if it’s not AP, does your school offer a Spanish IV that you can take in place of one of the APs? This would help you sustain your rigor and build up towards four years of language.

NHS varies with school, but most of the time if you have prior documented volunteer experience and if you’re top of your class, you should be admitted.

As for getting your associates degree, how are you planning to do this? Have you taken any dual-enrollment courses yet or are you trying to test out of the requirements with AP credit? Most colleges that offer dual-enrollment require that you take a minimum amount of courses on their campus to be eligible for an associates degree. I doubt you can achieve it with purely AP credit, as many requirements fall under what AP offers.

3

My school does not offer a Spanish IV. I’m planning on talking to my guidance counselor to set up either AP Spanish or Spanish IV through a lesser-used form of online education at my school.

I only have 10 documented hours.

To attempt getting the associates degree, I plan to test out on AP credit. I know I cannot achieve it purely through AP credits. I need to speak to the guidance counselor for juniors at my school to set up Dual Enrollment classes.

4

At my DS’s school this would be WAY too much. Students are told to plan on at least an hour of homework for each AP class each night. DSs experience is that some can be done ahead or caught up over a weekend but only those that put in the time get 5s on the exam.