I am planning to take 5 APs (Calc, English, Gov’t, Bio and Chem) and 1 Honors (Physics), and I am too worried that I would kill myself next year. Has anyone taken 5 APs in senior year? Share your experiences!
<p>I took Physics C, Computer Science AB, Biology, English Lit, and Economics senior year, and it was fine. The killer was having physics and bio on Wednesday and both economics exams the next day. The difficulty really depends on your high school.</p>
<p>Calc, bio, chem, <em>and</em> physics? Oof... don't do it, man.</p>
<p>As masochistic as I was in high school, scientifically, even <em>I</em> didn't do that to myself. You've gotta drop one of those sciences. There will be time to take college science courses in college. You decidedly <em>would</em> kill yourself next year. Pleeease enjoy your senior year. =)</p>
<p>Ok, then Photography II instead of AP Chemistry. How is that?</p>
<p>I'm planning on taking 3 AP online courses along with 10 school courses, because my school doesnt offer AP </p>
<p>o.O</p>
<p>don't do it, drop a science -- you'll need time to write application essays and, hopefully, scholarship essays.</p>
<p>Wow people here are really smart.. I'm only taking AP European History.</p>
<p>I took 6 - Eco, Gov, Calc AB, Physics B, English, and Psychology. I didnt find it bad at all. These classes were actually interesting and they showed course difficulty for college. Especially if you have seniors in your class than your teachers may back off a little which is really nice</p>
<p>lol.. look who you're asking! People on this site graduate high school with 17 APs :)</p>
<p>i will be AP Spanish 5, AP Gov, AP English Lit, US history, etc</p>
<p>depends on your school, your mind and how much time you got in your schedule. </p>
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<li>Bio is not difficult at all but takes a lot of time to study for (lots of memorization. I read the Cliffnotes on my own (did not have the class) . My memory sucks but I was really interested in the stuff and I crammed b4 basically every UIL science meet I went to.,</li>
<li>English depends on your teacher. some are nazi's and assign a lot of homework. some are lazy or something and make u do nothing.</li>
<li>Govt. is child's play (unless your teach is insane). If you had a decent US History class and kept a moderate pace with politics and news, you probly already know half of it . again, did not have the class but I read REA"s prep book.
-Physics is easy if you are a conceptual learner. Lots of problems but a few key concepts that can be applied universaly. then agian, my teacher was awesome and explained everything really well. one of the few teachers that I wanted to listen to everyday.
-Chem.........sucks. it was my teacher's 1st year to teach sometimes he was a slost as we were. I didn't learn much in class so I studied on my own with a princeton review prep book. crammed it all in in a week a couple weeks b4 the AP test. </li>
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<p>I'm a junior and had 4 AP Classes this year (english, physics, history, and chemistry). It wasn't that bad. then again, I study an inordinate amount of time studying. I didn't really spend much time doing classwork. I was kinda bored actually. I spent most of my time studying for AP tests. took 12 AP tests in all. If you want to do well on the AP tests, buy yourself prep books. most high school classes are boring and pretty pathetic. well, at least at my school.</p>
<p>I took 6 AP classes senior yr. - Calc BC, Stats, English Lit, Bio, Phys C, Macroecon and 2 classes at a community college (1 each semester) - comp programming and psych. Lets just say some all nighters were involved...</p>
<p>I took 5 AP classes senior year.</p>
<p>I'm still alive. It's doable.</p>
<p>Your (OP's) schedule is identical to my junior year schedule except I took APUSH in place of US Govt. I pulled it off pretty well, but it really depends on the way your teachers run their classes. Quick summaries of classes:[ul]
[<em>]Bio: lots of studying required - reading from Campbell before lecture and before the test, lots of memorization
[</em>]Chem: For my chem class, I had a decent amount of homework (normally some book work from Zumhdahl every night) but it's mostly problem solving which I found pretty easy). I personally didn't study much for this class - no memorization required - just read over notes and practice problems/homework
[<em>]Gov't: I took Govt this year and it really depends on your interest and background in government. I've always been interested in the subject so I was familiar with a lot of the basic material and I really enjoyed the class. There was a decent amount of reading out of our textbook required. Those who didn't really like government ended up not reading and not paying attention and thus, not doing well.
[</em>]Calc: This is the one class where the way my teacher taught made a major difference. Normally, her lectures were only 30-40 minutes long, giving us enough time to get a good start on our homework. That, plus we had a study hall right after Calculus, so most everyone could get their homework done before they got home. Like Chem, this class requires minimal memorization and lots of problem solving.
[li]English: my weak point - there is no realy "studying" required for this class. Lots of outside reading and since I wasn't doing so well, I used to go work with my teacher before school.[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>I took Physics C, Bio, Lit/Comp, Macro, Micro, Psych, and Calc AB (couldn't fit BC into schedule). So I took 7 for my senior year. I still had time to be president of two clubs, class sec., win county on varsity golf team, do LOTS of community service, write app essays, and some other stuff. Yea, it was hard but so totally worth it cause I got into GA Tech, Northwestern, UMich, Cornell, Columbia, and UPenn. Chem plus Bio won't be easy (I took Chem as a Junior) but it's definitely doable. I say, DO IT. It'll look awesome on your app to run out of room when you're listing all your AP scores and have to go into the "Additional Info" section. Although..I did lose alotta sleep, buut, yea, do it.</p>
<p>i took 7 this year (physics c, calc bc, stats, english, spanish, econ, gov't) and it's really a lot of time management....it can seem overwhelming at times, i guess, but yeah i'd definitely recommend doing it</p>
<p>i took ap bio/ap chem last year along w/3 other ap classes and i'll say that that particular combo wasn't too bad...but i honestly think that if you take those two with honors physics, you might be overloading yourself....bio isn't too difficult, but it takes up time...and time is definitely precious when you have apps and other stuff to worry about...</p>
<p>anyway, good luck!</p>
<p>i really like your username azncookiemonstr! hehe</p>
<p>confused, those are pretty hardcore ones. it took 5 APs, but they were "light" ones so im fortunately still alive. anyways, its seems like its fine seeing all these people <em>cough</em>zik<em>cough</em> with insane numbers of APs ;).</p>
<p>Thanks rexer. hehe</p>
<p>Yeah, it was actually the whole "three intensive sciences plus calculus at the same time" thing that I was concerned about. I think the photography will give you a little variety in your diet and relieve a little stress for you. You're going to be stressed enough this year with the impending environment change, the college application process, and the fanfare and huzzah of senior year activities.</p>
<p>Best of luck!</p>
<p>No matter who I talk to, no matter the school, AP Chem kills. At my school the lab where AP Chem and AP Bio are taught is known as the Breakdown Room. As a strictly English-history person, the thought brings tears to my eyes.</p>
<p>5 APs is doable. I'm doing it--English Lit, Comparative Government, European History, Psychology, and Calc BC. Then again, four of those five have got amazing teachers that are practically legendary.</p>