Challenge Myself More?!

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>So I'm a sophomore, entering the IB programme next year here in Florida. From what I've heard from my Senior Friends IB is rigorous, yet doable. After I list this I'd like some opinions. </p>

<p>Next year my schedule will look like this (Just a different order): </p>

<p>IB Biology HL
AP Calculus (I took IB Pre-Calc this year since I'm ahead in Math)
IB English HL
IB French SL
IB TOK
IB Philosophy SL
IB History HL</p>

<p>So my school sets up AP exams according to the IB Subjects</p>

<p>AP Exams for next year:</p>

<p>AP Calculus
AP English Lit
AP English Lang
AP French
AP US History</p>

<p>And an IB Exam:
SL Philosophy (1-Year Course)</p>

<p>Currently my GPA is at a 3.8 UW and a 4.6 Weighted. My class rank is 12 out of 462. I want to raise my GPAs and my class rank.</p>

<p>I was thinking about doing extra courses on FLVS (Florida Virtual School) to take AP Environmental Science and AP Economics. </p>

<p>Should I do it or not? Would it be a good choice or a terrible one?</p>

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<p>You are definitely an overachiever lol! And that is not necessarily a bad thing, it means you are very diligent as well. But, you must make sure that you don’t drive yourself crazy with work overload. Just because you COULD take extra courses and do well doesn’t mean you won’t have tons of sleepless nights and stress in the process. Your stats look great, and with all of your advanced classes (provided you do well) they can only go up. </p>

<p>I say stick with your course load and don’t take the extra APs, it will be strenuous enough as is. :slight_smile:
But of course, it’s your call!</p>