Good High School Plan?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am planning to try and take 20 AP classes in high school. Here's my list:
Freshman(3):
Macroeconomics, Microeconomics (With AP Macroeconomics), World History (With Honors World History),
Sophomore(5):
Chemistry, U.S. History (With Honors US History), Human Geography(Self Study), Environmental Science(Self Study), Psychology (Self-Study, possible with Intro to Psychology)
Junior(6):
U.S. Government and Politics (With Government, Law, and Politics), Comparative Governments and Politics (With Government, Law, and Politics), Biology, English Composition, Calculus BC, European History
Senior(5):
Physics B, French Language and Culture, English Literature, Statistics, Human Geography(Self study)</p>

<p>Would like to do Physics C’s, possibly self study if I can switch Bio and Physics</p>

<p>On top of this, I plan to do concert+jazz band, soccer, math team, and possibly debate team. I think if I do this I also have a pretty good chance of AP state scholar. I have to figure out physics, because of the physics 1 and 2 change. Does this look like a decent ideas.</p>

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<p>Firstly, the marginal AP class, after about the ninth or tenth, really doesn’t mean as much. And I highly recommend against taking US history with only an honors course; you’re not going to have all the information you need for that course. If you get 3s and 4s because you’re overstretched, that could even look bad on an application.</p>

<p>Why don’t you just take tests for the actual AP classes you are taking?</p>

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<p>Thanks for the advice on the US History. My school might offer that as a course; if they do I will take the class.</p>

4

<p>you’re doing it just for an AP award? no, not a good idea.</p>

5

<p>Getting state AP scholar is not really my goal, but I think that I will likely get it if I complete all of these tests.</p>

6

<p>Test scores are much more important than APs</p>

7

<p>I agree about the test scores, a few less APs and lots of ACT or SAT prep will probably get you further in the long run. And maybe allow you to actually enjoy a few minutes of high school.</p>

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<p>Many schools don’t even care about AP scores. They want to see you academically challenge yourself, but self-studying for APs will take away your time from doing your other EC’s. Showing commitment to an EC and becoming the best at it will put you in college, while self-studying for APs will not help you much in the long run. Get a stellar SAT or ACT and three SAT subject tests that are above 750, and you will probably get admission from Ivies and other top privates.</p>

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<p>AP scores themselves are used much more for placement than admissions. High school will be hell if you do this to yourself, especially since it won’t have much payoff in the end.</p>