In years past, I’ve taken mostly honors classes and played a sport. I felt overwhelmed last year as a sophomore, so I have no idea how I’m going to handle what I have coming up. So far my only plan is to schedule a lot?
Classes:
AP Stats/ Functions, Statistics, and Trig
AP Language and Composition
Constitutional Studies* (honors, first semester)/ AP Macro (second semester)
Honors Chemistry
Honors Spanish
Journalism
*This class is also known as We the People. It is a very rigorous class, and we meet outside of school once a week in addition to class each day.
Side note for classes: I would like to maintain my 4.0. I work hard on all my schoolwork.
On top of this I will:
-be leader of the Spanish Club
-possibly be starting my own Environmental club
-have to find a part-time job to pay for my car
-get sleep and have time to workout
-study for the October SAT
This is not a post to compare myself to anyone; I know plenty of people who do way more than this. However, this is more than I’ve ever done before, so I really would love some guidance.
Trust me, if you remain focused you will do great. I, like you, felt like I was drowning Sophomore year. But I think it helped me prepare for Junior year.
For reference and to build your confidence, I took 5 APs and 2 Honors classes.
Here’s what I did during the school year:
-Executive Director of an education Non-Profit organization and had to be on top of things since we partnered with the local school district to create a tutoring program
-President of a regional student organization that had chapters in multiple schools, and I coordinated and organized education workshops to help dropouts (Again, had to be on top of things since other schools were involved and so I was accountable)
-Organized demonstrations and marches for an education reform organization
-VP of our Debate Team (we rank Top 25 in the entire West, so we travel a lot to national and international competitions)
-Played Varsity soccer and won the State Cup that year, so state tournament took up a lot of time in April/May
-I worked out (although not consistently)
-I studied for SATs and ACTs
And I ended up with a 3.99 that year.
Yes, at times I was facing a combined figure of Hades and Satan while vicious flames attacked me from all around and toxic volcanoes were erupting in the distance, but I managed to get through it because I was determined. I understand when you say you felt overwhelmed Sophomore year cause so did I, but I think that helped prepare me for Junior year if that makes sense.
@PartyNextDoor Okay, that helps a lot! Thank you!