Hi! I’m beginning to schedule for my senior year, and I was wondering about how reasonable others considered my potential schedule to be. Currently, I’m in AP Lang and AP Bio, and I’m handling it well. These are the classes I’m considering:
AP Chemistry
AP English Literature
AP European History
AP Physics 1
AP U.S. Government & Politics
AP French Language and Culture
I will also take general pre-calculus.
Opinions?
A girl does 6 APs at my school - She seems quite normal and mentally stable, so I’d say if you’re confident in your time management, go for it.
You forgot about that hidden class: College Apps and Essays, which will take up a lot of time in the Fall. Personally, I think it’s overkill.
My senior year schedule is:
AP Lit
AP Physics C (Mech and E&M)
AP Psych
AP Macro
AP Spanish Lang
Calc 3 / Diff Eq.
Art 1 (yeah…I <3 graduation requirements)
I find it entirely reasonable and I am slacking off quite magnificently while still maintaining As in every class.
I personally wouldn’t do it, but I don’t know what APs are like at your school. Six is a lot different than two. Then again, you could always drop at the beginning of the semester if it turned out to be too much.
Can you self study gov before sr yr? It seems it should be a light AP (I assume you have to have it to graduate, you could self study and sit it this year?).
2 to 6 seems a lot, if you are not used to a really heavy load plus college applications, it could be hard work? Will you have done enough math for physics 1?
I need a government credit to graduate, and our AP Gov is arguably the easiest AP at my school; I don’t think that will be a problem. The only things I might change is not taking AP Chem, take regular physics, and take French 4 Honors.
Thoughts?
Depending on the overall rigor of your school, your intentions may be totally feasible or plain suicide.
Grade deflation/inflation at your school is a major factor, as is the difficulty of these individual courses.
I recommend asking your guidance counselor and trusted peers, who are likely more knowledgeable of the specifics of your school than us.
AP US Gov is a one semester course what is your other semester going to be?
I’m currently taking 6 AP’s (Physics C, Calc BC, Computer Science, Literature, Biology, and Economics). It’s a lot of hard work combined with college apps. So far, there’s only one B despite me slacking off quite a bit. Just make sure that you’re mentally stable for the work because if you’re not, it’s going to go downhill.
At my school, AP Gov is a year-long course.
Thank you everyone!
Do it you’ll kill it on the tests
I did AP English Lit, AP Microecon, AP Gov, AP Calc AB, and AP Bio (and honors physics) this year and first semester wasn’t that bad
You are all insane, I plan on taking it easy my senior year and just enjoy being in my final year of high school.
AP Psych and AP English will be the hardest things on my schedule
My son is taking all AP classes plus a Ga. Tech Calc class, no problem. Of course he took 6 AP classes last year. To go from 2 to 6 could be tough, unless you are organized. You can also slack back on EC at that point too as needed. Son is taking AP Govnt., easy, European is easy too he had last year. Youre only 2 really tough classes are Physics and Chem. Chem esp is alot of lab work. Ultimately only you know how much you can handle. Good Luch
I am a junior as well and my senior schedule will look similarly close to yours. If you’re organized and determined I think you will have great success. Another option my school offered is dual-credit, you have to pay but you save money (since they’ll take the credits out of college tuition) and you do not have to score a 5 on an exam, you just need a C or better to pass. I’ve heard DC is relatively easy compared to AP. Whatever you decide to do, just make sure you’re comfortable. If you like AP classes now you should be find, keep an eye on the prize- success and admission into your top college choices! Best of luck, you can do it! 
It’s completely feasible
Here’s my schedule:
AP Gov
AP Physics 1
AP Lang
AP Stats
AP Calculus
French 2
Marketing and business
I have no problem with five APs. I think six or seven APs would be easy
It comes down to whether you think you can do it or not. The top three students in my class are taking six AP classes senior year too, but they are going from five junior year to that, so they are kind of used to it. I think it will be more work than you think. Try it out. If it’s too much, just drop. There’s no shame in that.
My son is taking six AP’s this year, as a junior. He’s doing fine. I don’t think AP Physics and AP Chemistry at the same time sounds fun. He hasn’t had AP Physics yet but AP Chemistry involved a lot of homework. If you are an A student you should be fine.