So next year I’m planning to take AP comp sci, AP calc AB, english honors, orchestra, AP chem, academic physics, and either academic US history or APUSH? I don’t know if I would be able to handle APUSH as well because I’m in marching band, drumline, tutoring weekly, and two honor societies… all very time consuming but commitments I’ve made for the past two yrs that I would like to continue. I’m taking AP World this yr and my average was an A-. I like the subject but I struggle a bit with keeping up with reading and understanding the content since we had chapter quizzes every week. I was starting to think I should just take academic but I want to know how much of a difference it is and maybe I should just take AP anyway since I already took an AP history and did ok. Also, does taking Physics and AP Chem at the same time sound like a very bad idea? I do better in math out of all subjects so I feel like it should be manageable for me, but how difficult is the content for AP Chem? I am taking general Chem right now and my average is A- as well and I like the subject but apparently the AP chem teacher at my school isn’t very good and a lot of people advised against it… but I’m just worried that I won’t have time to do homeworks and keeping up with content. It would be great if someone can give an overview of what the different us history classes are like and the two science and maybe even what AP calc AB is like in terms of content bulk and homework.
All of my pups took these, you won’t have time for homework and sleep, but they ended up at Stanford and Columbia.
AP Chem is hell. But according to them, AP Physics at the same time does not make it easier nor worse.
APUSH is a lot of content, but easier than AP World, especially if you have learned how to read fast, and you can write well.
AP Comp Sci and AP Calc are a breeze for some, but a challenge for others.
Yeah, I’ve heard that AP chem sucks. If you really want to save yourself some time, I would drop that.
APUSH is the other time-consuming course, but it’s just because of the sheer amount of reading every night. It wasn’t too bad once I actually started doing the readings lol
People at my school rarely succeed with APUSH + AP Physics + AP Chem (the ones who do either have the “easy” teacher for APUSH or are the kids who can get a 97 in every science class without trying), but since you’re not taking AP Physics, I think you’ll be fine. APUSH is just a lot of work, from what I’ve heard.