Hardest Course Load?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>Is it enough to be taking the hardest course load my schedule allows? For junior year, I am taking:</p>

<p>AP Psychology
American History
AP Calculus BC
AP Statistics
CIS Introduction to College Physics
Political Science/Economics
Spanish V</p>

<p>I go to a fairly small high school and I have the hardest schedule of anybody in my class. We don't have any honors courses and the two APs I am not taking are Biology and English Lit. I do; however, need history, polisci/econ, and spanish to graduate. Is it going to look bad not to take all the APs my school offers? There isn't a possible way to fit them into my schedule, so should I self study them? There are so many people on here that are taking every single class as an AP. FYI, last year I took AP Chemistry and AP Calculus AB and got a 4 and a 5, respectively. </p>

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<p>Colleges will look at your application based upon the offerings at your school, not based upon what people on cc are taking. You need to meet your high school requirements and any potential college preparation requirements. That’s it.</p>

<p>Don’t self study AP’s unless it is a class in which you are interested and which you can potentially earn credit. Self studying AP’s for college admissions is not a viable strategy; colleges are not impressed.</p>