<p>I'm reading these threads and seeing people with 5 AP classes each year, honor's everything else. Hundreds of hours of community service, extracurriculars... How do you do all that? Do you even have any time for stuff you enjoy? My classes are ridiculously easy by comparison... I'm not doing any AP or Honor's classes next year (my senior year). I took 1 semester of AP Chem, but dropped because my teacher didn't actually teach anything. I hae a good SAT (1960) but I feel like I'm screwed for college in comparison to the rest of the world... I mean, I'm not trying to get into anywhere crazy. I just want to go to a good public school, like Colorado State or CU-Boulder. But wow, it's just ridiculous. Even people applying to similar schools have way more rigorous classes than I do.</p>
<p>Is it wrong that I chose to just enjoy high school? We picked our classes for senior year a few weeks ago. I could've done a harder schedule, yeah... AP Calc, or AP Physics, or something. But I went for the classes I think will actually be relevant. Music Theory, Forensic Science. Will it screw me over, college wise, that I chose to actually enjoy my senior year? There's so much stuff I'm planning to do next year, from auditioning at drum corps to writing music to participating in solo and ensemble that I just don't think I can handle the ridiculous schedules people seem to have.</p>
<p>Taking over 3 ap classes is not worth it, and over that is absurd.</p>
<p>At my school, we aren’t allowed to do over 4, and it would definitely be implausible to study for 7 aps with community service at the same time and come out with a 3.75 gpa.</p>
<p>The people on this site are very smart and I don’t doubt their achievements. However, don’t get discouraged by their stats because as long as you have confidence in yourself you will feel good</p>
<p>If you find those classes to be helpful, take them. Just do extremely well in them. That shouldn’t be too hard since you like those classes</p>
<p>In other words, don’t just apply yourself to difficult classes. Do your best in all the classes you feel fit for yourself. Become strong in that area and you will become happy (or not)</p>
<p>And yes, it is possible to work hard and enjoy senior year at the same time</p>
<p>We have the same SAT!
Anyway, I have 4 AP’s this year, but honestly, I think I manage only because I go to a pretty easy school in comparison to some others.</p>
<p>I’d save a lot of new music stuff for college. Your cool and super awesome for considering drum corp (do it!) but the other things are meh. Your time is better occupied by some APs, which will free up time in college to do cool music things if you get a high exam score. And I would maintain or increase the amount of honors/ap courses you take senior year. This’ll make you seem hardworking and determined.</p>
<p>Actually I am taking 3 AP classes for senior year(next year): AP Lang: I do not want to go back to regular english. AP Chem: Supposely one of the hardest subject however regular Chem was my best class sophomore year. AP Gov. and Politics: I figure that I might as well take this class since in Social Studies Courses I tend to get an A in most classes. So I have my reason for this many AP and none of them are unnecessary. AS for my ECs: I have none. Orch may count however, I’m planning a part-time job on weekend. So I have plenty of free time at hand with cash to spend.</p>
<p>Actually I am taking 3 AP classes for senior year(next year): AP Lang: I do not want to go back to regular english. AP Chem: Supposely one of the hardest subject however regular Chem was my best class sophomore year. AP Gov. and Politics: I figure that I might as well take this class since in Social Studies Courses I tend to get an A in most classes. So I have my reason for this many AP and none of them are unnecessary. AS for my ECs: I have none. Orch may count however, I’m planning a part-time job on weekend. So I have plenty of free time at hand with cash to spend.</p>
<p>Lanayru: Heh, I’m already marching. I’m on the quadline at Cascades this summer, and did Spokane Thunder last year. Thing is… the only APs I could really take are AP Lit, or perhaps AP Calculus. Unfortunately, those are two of my worst subjects… I’m awful at English. I guess I could do AP Calc, but the teacher is really hard (I have him now for precalc, great teacher but harsh) and I don’t think I could handle the course load.</p>
<p>I’m taking four APs, but honestly it’s mostly because I want to learn as much as I can while education is still free. And while my weekdays may be busy, I wouldn’t say I’ve put aside enjoying high school. I’ve had plenty of meaningful non-academic experiences in high school.
However, a majority of the people on CC who have insane schedules are just masochistic idiots who are quite frankly boring.</p>
<p>“Do I have time to do things I actually enjoy.” I enjoy my extracurriculars and community service. That’s the only reason I’ve ever done them. I never really gave looking good for colleges a thought.</p>
<p>And some AP classes (Physcology, Environmental Science) are a lot easier than you may think. I also know a lot about history, so US history and Government and Politics were nothing at all. I also love reading. I’ve never taken an AP math, or any science other than Environmental. I only take the subjects and do the activities I find interesting.</p>
<p>I recommend not wasting your time trying to impress colleges either. Find your passion and do what you love, and right college will accept you based off of that. Also, the majority of people on here are trying to compete for Ivies, not “normal” schools like CUB and Colorado State. They are not reflective of typical high school seniors.</p>
<p>AP classes at my school are a joke, honestly they’re probably as hard as normal classes at other schools. I’m taking 4 this year and 6 next year. With the 4 I have this year, I never have over an hour of homework per night, TOTAL. (Barring nights where I procrastinated on a project until the last day)</p>
<p>I’m taking 2 AP’s this year, as well as 1 IB class. Would you guys consider IB to be as difficult as AP? The overall classes I’m taking now aren’t much of a ‘threat,’ but next year is truly going to kill me. </p>
<p>I’ll be taking 5 IB’s and 2 AP’s, filling my entire schedule with college level courses as a junior. Ugh.</p>
<p>I’ve never taken IB, my school doesn’t offer it, but from what I know from friends it’s about as difficult as an AP class, but it is a lot more like being in a college lecture where as AP is generally college-level work but still taught in the style of a typical high school class (which I think is very unfortunate)</p>