EEK My Schedule.

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<p>At my private boarding school... (so reasonably difficult courses):</p>

<p>Freshman Year: No APs. Honors Bio, Honors World History, Honors Algebra II, Honors<br>
English, Honors Spanish</p>

<p>Sophomore Year: 3 APs. Honors Precalc, Honors Spanish, Honors English, Honors US
History, Honors Chemistry, Self-Study AP Psychology, Self-Study AP Environmental<br>
Science, Self-Study AP Biology</p>

<p>Junior Year: 3+ APs. AP Chemistry, AP US History, AP Calculus BC, Spanish Honors,
Physics Honors, English Honors. Possible Self-Study APs, Open to Suggestion</p>

<p>Senior Year: 4/5 APs, 1 College Course. AP Physics, AP Art History, AP Spanish, AP<br>
English, Multivariable Calculus, Human Anatomy & Physiology /AP Stat.</p>

<p>I wish I knew about self-studying APs earlier. I would have done Biology and Psych probably in ninth grade, and then Human Geography, Stat, English Language, etc. in 10th grade. </p>

<p>Anyways Should I self-study any classes in 11th grade? I plan on majoring in science - I have focus in the fields of medicine and journalism/English. Hence, I'm doing all the AP Sciences and AP Psychology. Should I do HAP in 12th grade or AP Stat... or do AP Stat as a self-study in 11th grade? </p>

<p>Also, I heard that it's better to have a transgression of difficulty... rather than doing 3 APs and 5 Honors classes in 10th grade and then doing 3 APs and 3 Honors Classes in 11th grade, shouldn't it be a little bit harder junior year? If so what APs should I self-study for eleventh grade? (Hopefully I can do maybe 2 and get the National AP Scholar Award). Do you think I should do AP Human Geography or AP English Language or AP Stat or any other suggestions? I refuse to do AP Euro or World. I hate history.</p>

<p>Lastly, how hard is this schedule? Is it what top-level universities and institutions consider to be "challenging?"</p>

<p>Thanks for reading another paranoid CCer's post. Hopefully you'll comment.</p>

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<p>It’s definitely challenging. Keep in mind that 3-4 APs over an entire course of high school is already considered very challenging. </p>

<p>However, it’s also possible (and many people here have done it) to self-study at least one more AP subject in addition to their heavy schedules. Just start early, stay dedicated, and learn efficient time management.</p>

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<p>Strength in science and math alone will not get you into a top school. Given your private school background and access to the resources necessary for AP success, it would raise serious red flags to top Adcoms if you didn’t at least make an effort to balance your courseload with the humanities. I would recommend taking one or both AP Englishes and at least AP Government and Econ. </p>

<p>The difficulty of your schedule will be largely dependent on the efficiency and leniency of your teachers as well as how much time you’re willing to devote to studying. Two math based sciences as well as the highly conceptual Calculus will be difficult to process or differentiate(no pun intended) between. As a future engineering major, I loved learning how the world worked from the up. It all comes down to balance.</p>

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<p>Don’t you see my balance? I’m doing AP Spanish, AP English, AP US History, AP Art History, and AP Psychology. That’s already 5 non-science/math APs. What are you talking about?
Private schools offer less APs than Public schools and later on (like 12th grade) than Public schools do. So it’s more of a disadvantage.</p>

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<p>bumps bumps</p>

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<p>Based on recommendations from the other boards here, I think you can self-study AP Psychology. The reason I suggest this is because AP Psych is seen as easy compared to the other ones.</p>

<p>It’s good that you’re taking AP Art History. I think it provides a nice balance! I’m planning on self-studying it since my school doesn’t offer it. >=|</p>

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<p>Self-studying is pointless. Drop it and find other things to strengthen your app.</p>

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<p>It’s not pointless. Do you have any reasoning for this?</p>

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<p>I’ll see you Harvard.</p>

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<p>DO NOT self study AP Bio, its one of the hardest to Self-study. EnvSci is probably not too bad but won’t really get you credit at many colleges. Junior and Senior year, don’t self study if you’re already taking 3+ APs at school, three or more a year is enough, and many students don’t take any APs until Junior year.</p>