is 4 ap classes too much for one year?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>Next year I will be a junior and I plan on taking the following classes:</p>

<p>Pre-AP/Honors Pre-Calculus
Pre-AP/Honors Physics 1
AP English Language
AP US History
Band
AP Psychology
AP French Language or AP Environmental Science</p>

<p>At my school you can't take AP courses until you're a junior. Is this too many AP's for my first year?</p>

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<p>Absolutely not! I took 3 and I wish I would have taken more. My junior year I took two.</p>

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<p>depends if you think you can handle it, don’t be afraid to drop an ap class if you think the workload is too much.</p>

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<p>Agree with excavalier. It is by no means too much if you believe you can handle it, but be sure of that before you get too far into the year.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the replies. The classes I’m most worried about are US history and French. My school offers dual credit history so I think I might take that instead of AP. I’m also considering taking Environmental Science instead of French. I’ve heard it’s one of the easier AP’s and it sounds interesting to me.</p>

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<p>I don’t think so! I’m a sophomore and am taking a schedule very similar to that. Mine’s:
AP English Language and Comp
AP Chemistry
AP Psychology
AP World History
Honors Algebra II/Trig
Spanish 3 (no honors available)
Orchestra</p>

<p>My school also tries to prevent schedules like yours and mine (sophomores can usually take two APs, to prevent burnout- which hasn’t happened, but I think juniors can take any number), but if you’re willing to put the time in, it’s definitely worth it. Actually, with the time I’ve had to devote this year, my #/100 grade has actually gone up. Good luck! :)</p>

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<p>im taking 7 next year (junior) + 1 online sooo i hope not xD</p>

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<p>Yeah, if you want to make things easier on yourself, definitely take APES instead of AP French. Either way, 4 APs is still manageable.</p>

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<p>Not really. I took four last year and aced all of them. At the moment, I am taking six, which still is less than several people at CC.</p>

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<p>Nope! If you can handle it! I personally wish I’d taken more APs in school. ;)</p>