<p>So, everyone knows that CC is a huge, daunting mess of stress and anxiety. Most of this is seeing other people's resumes, most of which are stuffed full of impressive-sounding ECs and huge SAT scores.</p>
<p>However, I've noticed there's a big difference between individual people's courseloads. So, in order to satisfy my intellectual curiosity, I'd like to see how many courses other people take, in what grades, etc. Considering that school schedules is not exactly individually-exclusive data, I'd say it's safe to share here without fear of suspicious adcoms. I think that seeing "taken 11 AP classes to date" will induce a bit less stress if that knowledge is combined with "oh, AP classes are only a semester long" or something similar.</p>
<p>So: How many classes can you take a semester? Do academic classes last one semester or two? Are there AP-level classes for freshmen and sophomores?</p>
<p>At my school, there are only 7 blocks per day, and we meet each class every single day, during the same block, with the exceptions of labs, Gym, and Band/Chorus. Academic classes are full-year, meaning that you can only feasibly take 6 (including a lab science) per year. The only AP classes that allow in juniors are AP Bio and AP Chem (though some sophomores take AP Chem if they study over the summer). Our GCs recommend that you only take 4 APs at a max, and the school only offers 9 AP classes anyway. (Most juniors in Honors US History take the AP USH exam, as well as the AP Lang/Comp test, despite there being no official APUSH or APLang classes.) This means that even the most qualified students come out with "only" 5 or 6 AP classes under their belts.</p>
<p>8 AP Classes and 4 self-study (I would have done five more but I was away in junior year :[)</p>
<p>I had to fight REALLY hard to get put in. My public school is pretty damn good but they're so anal about 'following the plan' (Like Chem in sophomore year, physics in junior, then a science AP in senior etc) that I nearly had to hound them to allow them to stick me in a few.</p>
<p>We have normal scheduling, 8 periods a day, same order everyday. One gym, one lunch (but you can opt out of lunch to take a class). If you're really hard on for classes, you can take seven academics per year but scheduling conflicts often prevent much of that.</p>
<p>Ehhh, what else? Classes last the whole year, freshman can only take AP Human Geo and I took AP Psych, AP World History as a sophomore. It open up more in junior and senior years.</p>
<p>Oh and a lot of people in my grade take extra classes at our local college.</p>
<p>My school runs on the four by four block schedule with all classes being semester-long courses with some exceptions. All classes are one hour and thirty minutes long, meeting once everyday. </p>
<p>Currently, however, I am taking five classes just to earn more college credit hours. I basically just crammed two online college courses into one period because I can. I feel safe about cramming them in there because the credits are coming from the UNC system; so they will have a good transfer possibility. </p>
<p>All of our AP classes are a semester-long and only offered first semester. Online AP courses, however, are year-long.</p>
<p>This year, I will be taking nine courses in total on the block schedule.</p>
<p>I know a lot of people have that year-long, eight period a day schedule; I would certainly hate that. That is way too many classes to attend to.</p>
<p>you are supposed to take 5-6 classes (block schedule). I am taking 8 with 5AP and 1 honors class. It's by far the hardest course load in my grade.</p>
<p>The most AP classes you can fit in at my school is 5. </p>
<p>We have a modified block schedule, 4 classes every day but each class only meets every other day. The only AP open to sophomores is US History, more open up junior and senior years.</p>
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you are supposed to take 5-6 classes (block schedule)
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My school is block schedule and all we have is freshman this year.</p>
<p>I have 7 classes at all times during this year.. with 5 honors classes that last all year.
I had Geometry-acclerated (over the summer)
I had Algebra II standard online (not offered honors)
I have APAH online all year
I'm starting Pre-cal Honors online this year</p>
<p>So I'll have 9 credits at the end of this year, out of the average 6. </p>
<p>No AP courses or standard courses are offered at my school, however you may take AP courses online (So as a Freshman if you had a 100 FG in all your 8th grade courses you could take 3 AP courses as a Freshman.. because that is all you can take online with no prereq's) </p>
<p>You can take up to 15 AP classes online (with out taking AP cal AB and BC, or AP CS A and AB) </p>
<p>After Freshman year you can take classes with the CC and online courses with a University online. </p>
<p>So if you were (literally) God (or could invent time) you could take about 59 courses in your first semester. (Of your freshman year... after that you could take about 17 courses in your second semester, fit 16 courses in both semester of your freshman year, then your junior year you could take 10 each semester, and your senior you would probably be left with 8 per semester.) </p>
<p>Needless to say... no one will ever take ever course possible to take while at my school</p>
<p>My school is set up such that you have six semester slots, which you can fill up with year courses or semester courses. We only have two semester APs (AP Macroeconomics and AP US Government), but we also have access to an online high school which we can take classes in either in our spare time or (if we're in the "gifted program") we can take a "directed study" period and take the class online during that time. Those can last either for a semester or for a year; there are generally "year" and "semester" options for all the classes online. All classes meet every day. </p>
<p>We don't have an optional "0 period" or anything; you get six periods and you take classes there. You can take courses online on your own time if you want, but unless you're doing it through Directed Study, your parents foot the bill, and I don't know anyone who is taking an online course NOT through Directed Study during the school year. </p>
<p>Freshmen are not allowed to take AP classes. Sophomores are allowed to take only one: AP World History. Juniors and Seniors may take as many as they wish, provided that they meet their requirements for graduation. Juniors typically take between four and two AP classes at my school; seniors usually take between three and six (well, I took six, but I'm generally regarded to be insane).</p>
<p>We have 4 x 4 block schedule (courses meet every other day). Very few semester courses, and not a whole lot of AP courses. VERY few Honors courses.</p>
<p>My 4 year schedule:</p>
<p>9th grade:
Period 1: Choraleers (chorus)
Period 2: Unscheduled (not by my choice...stupid administration)
Period 3: Algebra 1-2
Period 4: SS&C LAB SCI 1-2 (integrated science)
Period 5: Health/Geography
Period 6: Accelerated English 1-2
Period 7: Golf
Period 8: Golf</p>
<p>10th grade
Period 1: Geometry
Period 2: Accelerated English 3-4
Period 3: SS&C LAB SCI 3-4
Period 4: Concert Choir
Period 5: Modern World History
Period 6: Spanish 1-2
Period 7: Golf (1st semester only)
Period 8: Golf (1st semester only)</p>
<p>11th grade:
Period 0: Vocal Ensemble
Period 1: SS&C LAB SCI 5-6 Honors
Period 2: English 5-6 Honors
Period 3: APUSH
Period 4: Concert Choir
Period 5: Spanish 3-4
Period 6: Intermediate Algebra
Period 7: Golf (1st semester only)
Period 8: Golf (1st semester only)</p>
<p>12th grade (this year):
Period 0: Vocal Ensemble
Period 1: Economics/Government/International Negotiations (part of the Econ semester)
Period 2: Bible as Literature
Period 3: Philosophy & Ethics
Period 4: Concert Choir
Period 5: Teacher's Aide
Period 6-8: Unscheduled</p>
<p>Freshman year we can't take APs. sophomore year we can take AP Euro and then Junior and Senior year, as many as you want(we have 7 class periods, not including after school which is only sports and other extracurriculars).
For me here are my APs and honors classes throughout the years:
Freshman: none :p
Sophomore: AP European History, Honors Precalculus
Junior: AP Calculus AB, AP Chemistry, AP US History, AP Composition/Language
Senior: AP Statistics, AP Literature/Composition, AP Gov/Econ, AP Physics, AP Psychology</p>
<p>This doesn't include that each year I've taken Marching Band, Concert Band, and Jazz Band or the acc. classes I took that were not honors or anything.</p>
<p>We have 6 classes. No 0 or 7 hour. You take 6 classes and ONLY 6 classes.</p>
<p>TAG kids: (There is no entering if you're a freshman from another district. Which REALLY screwed me over.)
Fresh: None. (One every 10 years or so will take AP Calc AB).
Soph: AP US History.
Junior: (3 at the most usually. RARELY 4.) AP Calc AB, AP Prob and Stats, AP English, AP World History, AP Gov, and/or AP Psych.
Senior: (Usually 3. + Humanities.) All of above but BC instead of AB and AP Language (French/German/or Spanish).</p>
<p>ME: (Woulda been a TAG kid if I grew up in the district... grr..!!)
Fresh: None.
Soph: 1 honors, 2 junior classes. [Self-studied AP Bio-3, AP Psych-4, AP Gov-4.]
Junior: AP Calc AB, AP World History, AP English. [Plus self-study AP Chem and maybe retaking AP Bio.]
Senior: (Tentatively): AP Prob and Stats and Humanities.</p>
<p>Most TAG kids: 7-9.
Smart non-TAG kids: 3-4ish.
Me: 4.</p>
<p>Only allowed to take APs after sophmore year, and even then only 1-2 junior year and up to 4-5 senior year. It's a selective school, though, so most of our normal courses are good and challenging.</p>
<p>I'm bad at explaining but here are the choices I had as a Freshman:
My school offers honors classes in only Geometry and Algebra II. 1/5 of each class is also put into the accelerated math program. For example, in 6th grade instead of going in 6th grade math, 18 students in my grade were placed into pre-algebra. All of those students were also placed into the honors class of Geometry in 8th grade and chose whether to go into regular Algebra II or Honors Algebra II in 9th grade.</p>
<p>My school also allowed students to go into Spanish I in 7th grade instead of waiting to choose a language in 9th grade. The kids in Spanish didn't take Latin in 8th grade so this year (9th grade), they have to take both Spanish III and Latin I (my school requires 1 year of Latin). The kids who didn't choose to take Spanish in 7th grade took Latin in 8th grade. They chose between German, Spanish, and French I, and chose between Art Foundations (required) or Latin II in 9th grade.</p>
<p>I am one of the students above who was in the accelerated math program and also in both Honors Geometry and Honors Algebra II. I am taking German I and Latin II this year. Here's my schedule:</p>
<p>CPR/P.E./Family Life (required)
Western Civ (required)
English 9 (required)
Honors Algebra II
German I
Biology (required)
Latin II</p>
<p>So basically my only choices I have made in courseload are in math (where I am at the highest level possible) and the languages. I will probably continue to take German and Latin for the AP exams.</p>
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Most TAG kids: 7-9.
Smart non-TAG kids: 3-4ish.
Me: 4.
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<p>I'm sorry, but I'm compelled to dispute this to retrieve my honor. There are a ton on schedule variations because of test-outs and slacker TAG kids taking fewer AP classes. It will most likely be complicated more by the addition of AP Chem and AP Physics (if they are added). However, you overestimated how many AP classes the average TAG kid takes. The average is probably about 6, with the 25-75th percentiles probably being at around 5-8.</p>
<p>Actually, I just realized that the Chem teachers said AP Chem wouldn't be in the book if offered because the book is made too early in the year. I'm not sure about AP Physics.</p>
<p>My school runs on a block schedule with 4 classes a day, and 8 in total. You can only start taking AP classes after freshman year, and all of the AP classes are two semesters. There are few semester courses..</p>
<p>Last year I took 4 AP classes, this year I am taking 6.</p>
<p>9 classes in a day.. Maybe 7-8 APs Available, but it's impossible to take more than 5-6 and fit them in your schedule. My school has a special national business program which I'm part of. Though it blocks out kids who take AP/Advanced, I'm taking obviously limited APs (due to restraints due to that). </p>
<p>I'm going to be coming out with over 24 credits from a local college, 4 from another college and...5 APs. It's unusual but it's difficult. I have been taking 9 straight periods since 10th grade.</p>
<p>I took APWorld in 10th, APUS/English in 11th and AP Gov/Psych this year. Though I have friends who are taking 5-6 APs this year.</p>
<p>Our school runs on an eight-period day, 2 days per cycle to accommodate alternating double-period science and gym for frosh and sophomores (and the druggies). While freshmen and sophomores are certainly ALLOWED to take APs, it is highly unusual just because most don't have the opportunity or requisites. For example, sophomores COULD theoretically take APUSH or AP Bio, but most do not. This leads to a tremendous workload during junior and senior year, and lots and lots of scheduling conflicts :b Plus, not many APs are offered to begin with. The only history APs that my school has are APUSH and Human Geo. So this year as a sophomore the only AP I'm taking is AP Bio, then as a junior I should be able to take AP Span Lang, APUSH, AP Chem, AP Calc AB, and maybe AP Latin Vergil online b/c my school doesn't offer AP Latin b/c there's only 1 Latin teacher b/c my school sucks. OK i'ma stop procrastinating now.</p>
<p>We have 7 periods total, all on Monday, 4 on Tuesday/Thursday, and 3 on Wednesday/Friday.
Freshman:
1: Physical Science (req)
2: Japanese 1
3: Algebra 1 (even though i took it in 8th grade)
4: Participation in a Democracy (req)
5: P.E. (req)
6: English
7: General Art</p>
<p>Sophomore year:
1: Geometry
2: Biology
3: Japanese 2
4: Health/ Life Planning (req)
5: US History
6: English
7: Design 1</p>
<p>Junior year:
1: Cooking (got placed here because Microbiology got cancelled.)
2: Yearbook
3: Chemistry
4: Honors English (more like hippy history class... ugh)
5: Japanese 3
6: World History
7: Algebra 2</p>
<p>Senior year:
1: Sculpture 1
2: Trigonometry
3: Human Anatomy/Physiology
4: Japanese 4
5: AP Psychology
6: AP English
7: Physics</p>
<p>It is impossible for freshman or sophomores to take any AP's. We only offer: AP Stats, AP Psych, AP Eng, AP World History, and AP Art History. Of course for this year they offered all these honors courses I could have taken if they had them 2 years ago. My school is so anal about prereqs/ graduation requirements. They don't say, "You need 4 math credits", they say "You need Algebra 1,2, and geometry to graduate". Crappy school system. All of our courses are year long though.</p>