<p>I'm taking six AP's plus Honors Organic Chem next year and am really nervous, how did you handle all of your classes, and is six AP's too many AP's??</p>
<p>It depends on which AP’s you’re taking. Six is a lot if they’re all classes though (hw, tests, projects). Maybe you could drop one and self-study it?</p>
<p>i took 6 this past year. it was fine.
i never really did homework but my teachers still loved me… that may have contributed to the ease of things haha.</p>
<p>6 is a lot… I heard that some schools have a max # of AP’s you could take because they force you to have a spare for every AP you take. I know a school that only lets you take 2 AP’s max per year but nobody ever takes 2 because there’s no way to fit all your courses if you take 2.</p>
<p>well I am taking AP Calc, AP Chem, AP Physics, AP English Lit, AP Macro, and AP Psych.</p>
<p>For my school this is an insane amount of APs. I set up special courses with my physics, economics and psychology teachers to get AP credit and I’m the only one who has ever taken these classes at my school. The average is two. </p>
<p>I guess I can just see how it goes, and if I end up pulling my hair out then I’ll probably drop one or two.</p>
<p>my friend’s makes you sign a policy saying that you promise not to commit suicide if you take more than 4 AP’s. xD lol</p>
<p>really?? Is that policy supposed to be sarcastic? </p>
<p>And YouserName, which Physics is that? lol Oh, and that’s nice that your teachers are willing to set up special courses just for you. At my school, they practically discourage people from taking AP’s and teachers will like never set up special courses just so students could get the AP credit in a non-AP class.</p>
<p>no, i wasnt trying to be sarcastic … --;;
my friends all have to sign it.</p>
<p>but the policy sounds sarcastic. The school actually thinks people who take 4+ AP courses are more likely to commit suicide?</p>
<p>i’m taking 7, so 6 is pretty doable - just make sure u start early</p>
<p>I did 5 last year. I joke with my friends that it’s not for the clinically sane. </p>
<p>Somehow I convinced myself to do 6 this year.</p>
<p>ttyl, idk 
the policy exists; take my word for it…
the school requires students to take a honors level math, sci, eng, and hist class. any AP’s you take are ADDITIONAL burdens on yourself.
thus, taking even ONE AP at my friend’s school is kinda difficult.</p>
<p>I only took two ap classes at my school last year (chem + spanish) but I also took 3 online ap courses (micro + macro + statisitcs) and then had a regular ush course. I took the exams for all 6 of these subjects plus self-studied the psych one for a total of 7 exams. It honestly wasn’t that bad until the actual week of ap exams, which was pretty much hell. I had all nighters the night before every single one of my exams, lots and lots of coffee. I actually fell asleep during my macro exam for a good ten minutes. I got kind of behind on my school work while ap’s were going on, but my teachers were understanding and I eventualy caught up. I ended up with six 5’s and a 4 on spanish.</p>
<p>Therefore, I would say that for some so many ap’s is too many, but others can definitely handle it. It was manageable for me, and if you are willing to put in the time comittment (and skimp out on the sleep), then I’m sure you can do it too.</p>
<p>Also, macro and psych are pretty easy. I spent one or two nights on the barrons psych book and got a 5, so it’s definitely not bad if you spend the entire year on it. And if you’re taking macro, you should take micro as well. The two complement eachother.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>mermaid123456, it’s nice that your teachers are understanding… </p>
<p>My teachers pretty much discourage people (including me) from taking AP’s and if I got behind in school work because of taking AP’s, I would be in so much trouble for it (I wouldn’t be surprised if the school banned me from taking more AP’s). Are other schools like this too (just curious)? </p>
<p>by the way, how normal is taking 7 AP’s???</p>
<p>^ for the average CC’er, 7 APs is a cakewalk apparently. on the national average, however, it’s very good. that’s why CB rewards those who take, and do well on, a lot of tests with a meaningless certificate.</p>
<p>^but we’re talking about 7 AP’s 1 year… isn’t that a lot?</p>