<p>Unfortunately this class is the most notoriously difficult class at my school.</p>
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<p>@clienk</p>
<p>Could you elaborate on that? Meaning focus on getting a good score on the AP Exams, not necessarily schoolwork?</p>
<p>Er, no. Personally, I just decided I would get burnt out if I worried about scores and grades, so, until AP panic in april, I mostly just tried to learn the material for the “joy of learning” or whatever. I guess I mean that you should relax about grades and try to get really interested in the subjects you’re taking. I did do almost all of my homework (just often at the last minute). Don’t do what it seems everyone else here does and cram information for tests, and then forget it, because you only learned it for the test.</p>
<p>next question is this: how hard would it be to take all 6 ap exams in the spring, and score at least 4 5s</p>
<p>Go look at the schedule and if they’re day after day after day then lol. Can’t you request to take some on the late test day too?</p>
<p>To be honest, your schedule is not that difficult (if u want to read about my junior schedule, just scroll down to last two paragraphs). AP Calculus AB and AP Psych are probably the two easiest AP exams. Your AP classes might be more difficult than the exams, but that seems rather unlikely given how little material is covered on each exam. Similarly, AP Physics B should not be that difficult provided you like math and science. AP Physics C is a difficult course at many high schools, but the exams have a huge curve (60% is a 5 for either of them). </p>
<p>In addition, you’re not taking classes for two of these subjects, so you have 4 AP classes, not 6. I know that self-studying takes time, but many of my friends got 5’s on Psych by studying the weekend before the exam. AP Physics C is considerably harder to self-study, but definitely manageable if you’re a math/science person. </p>
<p>You’re a junior however so you have to focus on a lot of other things besides AP’s, like SAT’s, SAT II’s, competitions (last year to win significant awards), building strong relationships with teachers, getting to know your counselor, etc. If you don’t want to spend too much time on academics, your current schedule should be just fine.</p>
<p>As for myself, I took 6 AP courses and 1 college-level course during my junior year of high school. My AP’s included: AP Physics C (both Mech and E&M), Econ (Macro and Micro), Calculus BC, English Language, 1 other math/science AP, 1 history AP. Thus, I took 8 exams junior year (with no self-studies) and got 5’s on all of them.</p>
<p>I also got straight A’s both semesters by really, really working hard. I had to push myself constantly to make sure I had time to do well on the SAT/SAT II’s and participate in a good number of EC’s. At the same time however, I loved being challenged to my academic limits. I enjoyed every class I was taking (as weird as that may seem) so it wasn’t hard for me to find motivation to do the work. In sum, any schedule filled with legitimate AP’s will obviously require significant time and effort from you. The rewards for meeting such a challenge however are certainly worth it IMO.</p>
<p>Definitely doable if you have the work ethic required :)</p>