AP government alternating with AP Economics (I have no idea about the workload in this one)
AP Calculus AB (a lot of work)
Lunch
Ceramics
AP Chemistry
AP Chemistry lab alternating with study hall
Physics Regents
Gym alternating with physics lab
Should I change AP Calculus AB to AP Statistics? Statistics is supposed to be easier, but it has worse averages on the AP exam than calculus. Also, it’s my senior year, I also want to have fun, I don’t want to have homework from 3 when I get home to 9 at night. You already get from 3 to 7 with only one AP and several honors, but 5?
I want to be a PA if that changes anything. I can’t really take out AP government and AP economics because then they would kick me out of social studies honor society. Should I take College Anatomy and Physiology instead of AP Chemistry? The thing with AP Chemistry is that although it’s a ton of work every day, the teacher is really good and you don’t forget it like most of the other classes after the test.
Are you really going to be able to keep up with all that (that’s a question you can answer for yourself)? What other activities are you doing? When are you going to fill out college applications and do college essays? Or, like you said, have a little fun?
I’ll assume PA means physician assistant? My daughter is studying for her BSN and is glad she at least took high school anatomy before jumping in the deep end with A&P, a notorious weed out class. Her roommate took college A&P but still had to audit the university’s version of A&P, so keep in mind not all programs will accept another college’s A&P. For reference, her senior year she took AP Calculus and a dual-enrollment physics course for her “hard” classes for the year - and physics took much of her bandwidth.
AP government alternating with AP Economics (I have no idea about the workload in this one)
AP Calculus AB (a lot of work)
Lunch
Ceramics
AP Chemistry
AP Chemistry lab alternating with study hall
Physics Regents
Gym alternating with physics lab
For a Physician’s assistant, you will need to take Chemistry in College, so AP Chem will help prepare you for that.
You will need to take A&P too, but take that in college.
Why are you taking two science classes? What sciences have you taken so foar?
Keep AP Calc. You never know what you will truly end up majoring in and AP calc will give you the most choices.
Too much, yes. But schools vary A LOT. At some schools, the workload is pretty easy, even AP’s --for a smart kid. At other schools, even the brightest kid couldn’t keep up with a handful of AP’s.
I think a better question is what is the objective here? Don’t you know which classes interest you? Why not take the AP classes in those subjects, or classes which are easy for you ( maybe add that/those ones too).
No one knows your abilities, study habits, prior performance, etc., so it’s hard to advise. There are some students that would handle this with no problems, and others that would be crushed by the workload. How did your Jr. year compare, and how well did you fare?
Honestly, my D has a similar schedule lined up (actually, 6 AP courses), and my suggestions is to step down from AP Lit. She’s looking at Engineering/CS, but I suspect a PA/medical direction also won’t have much of a need for Literature expertise. It is a lot of reading/writing, and I’m not sure a STEM/PA/Medical application gets much from it, compared to the others.
Two lab sciences can be tough, but Chem will be very useful, and I suspect you need to take Physics (it will be useful, even if not).
It’s a schedule that top students should be able to handle, but no one knows your abilities, so for someone here to make specific recommendations without knowing how good your precious grades were, I would view with skepticism.
“Easier” AP exams often have lower score distributions due to selection effects. For example, calculus AB has a lower score distribution than calculus BC. This is because calculus BC tends to attract stronger-in-math students. Similarly, statistics attracts some weaker-in-math students who opt out of precalculus and calculus but take statistics to get an AP course in the math column.
The best person to discuss this with would be your guidance counselor. Nobody here knows your academic abilities, the degree of difficulty of each class in your HS etc. A course-load that is doable for one person at one HS may not be manageable for another person at another HS.
Looks like an intense list with a lot of work. I think it really depends on whether or not you want to and are willing to put in that much time and effort. Good luck!