<p>At my school all I hear is "AP this..." and "AP that..." I love the sciences and I want to take AP classes that I'm interested in. I plan to take AP Biology and AP Chemistry and AP Environmental. That's it. But as I went through and read my threads about AP's and reading that people are taking 5 to 6 AP classes and self-study. I say to myself: "How can someone do this" I feel like everyone is smart-----except me. After seeing and hearing all this, I had to change my mind. I decided to take these AP classes for my Junior year: AP Biology, AP Environmental Science, AP Lang, AP Psychology, and AP World History (I hate history). And AP Chemistry my Senior year. I really just don't want colleges to look at my transcript and see only 2 AP classes and not accept me. I'm just not as smart as everyone else, but If I have to take more AP classes, I'll do it without question. What do you think? Should I just take the three or more?</p>
<p>How many AP courses does your school offer? That’s an important factor because colleges care more about how you have used the resources available to you. I would suggest you to distribute the APs between your junior snd senior years. And taking 3 APs your Junior year will certainly not be a turn off. You can take 3 your junior year and maybe 5 your senior year since colleges consider your senior year course selections. Plus you dont wanna take too many APs your junior year and mess up your GPA. But if you think you can handle the workload them thats fin</p>
<p>I’m definitely not as smart as everyone else on this site, but I can still handle 4 AP classes that I am taking this year. They really are not that hard, as long as you study and give your best effort. I got As in all of them. You should be fine.</p>
<p>AP’s that you take really should be something that you are interested in OR worthwhile because it provides you a benefit. Benefit is not necessarily college credit. My son preferred AP courses because of the students in the classes. More engaging, more interested, more challenging. When he maxed out on AP courses he had an interest in, the admin tried to get him to take AP courses that he was not interested in, and did not offer college credit (Enviromental/HUGO). He said no thanks and is taking classes at the community college instead. Much to the dismay of the school admin. But it was a smart choice for him. </p>
<p>Never did my son give up important things because of his AP courses. He continued with his EC’s, and he had a social life. That is where you need to decide what your limits are. You can not only sit behind books. Every school has different expectations for AP courses. If your school is one that is known for high amts of homework in all AP courses, you need to weight that against your decision on how many AP courses to take, and how much of a life you want. </p>
<p>Does that make sense?</p>
<p>Oh, and about being as smart as most people on this site…most of the people on this site are not as smart or special as they think they are, or profess to be. So take the chest pounding with a grain of salt, and stay off of the “chance me” boards. They are total BS, as are many of the student stats that are posted on here. But the advice and feedback about schools and application process is invaluable once you learn to weed through the junk and wannabe’s!</p>
<p>I’m not a super genius either, but I’m starting with my first AP (It’s Environmental Science). So far the workload is not unbearable but the tests are killer. It’s also an incredibly broad variety of information, but not overly in depth. </p>
<p>Don’t take more than you can handle, colleges prefer to see an A in a regular class than a D in an AP. So choose only AP’s that you can handle, definitely skip history if you hate it, and probably move psych to senior year. Keep AP Lang, Bio, and Env., and do AP Chem& Psych senior year. That’s my advice :D</p>
<p>@vlines & @nicetomeetyou Thanks so much. To @vlines lol thanks. My brother said the same thing.
I decided to take AP Biology, AP Environmental and AP Lang next year. Thanks so much :)</p>