<p>I'm going to be a Senior next year and this year I decided not to take APUSH and I really regretted it because regular was so easy, I like gov and think its interesting but this is what my schedule would look like then</p>
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<li>AP Gov
2.AP English Lit</li>
<li>CHS Statistics</li>
<li>Lunch</li>
<li>AP Calc BC</li>
<li>AP Bio</li>
<li>Lab</li>
<li>AP Chem</li>
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<p>I'm interested in the medical field. But I'm just worried about stressing myself out too much senior year, but I want to take a hard schedule at the same time, I took 3 AP's this year and 3 Honors and one normal class, and Im a straight A student my overall GPA is 4.2. I don't have a lunch this year so the lunch is a big help for me next year. I also play tennis, and do track and softball so I'm pretty busy outside of school.</p>
<p>Would ap gov put too much strain in my schedule, also any tips in any of these classes</p>
<p>Btw I'm new so this may be the wrong section</p>
<p>That sure is a tough schedule but if my kids’ experience is any guide, it is AP Calc BC and the sciences that will be more rigorous. According to my sons, AP gov is one of the easier courses they have taken.</p>
<p>I’m getting A’s in Calc ab this year, and I’m taking honors physics,honors anatomy,honors ochem. I’ve also already taken honors bio and honors chem</p>
<p>If you have an A in Calc AB then you should be fine for Calc BC, since it essentially builds on Calc AB. AP Gov is a very easy class, and I can tell you that for a fact because I took it last year. A lot of the stuff in that class ends up being common sense (i.e. the responsibilities of the president/congress/supreme court). AP Chem is definitely the most difficult, and AP Bio isn’t too bad, just A LOT of vocab. 
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<p>By the way I’m new here too. YAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY</p>
<p>I agree that if you are good at math BC might also not be an issue. It is a tough schedule, but doable if those are areas where you are strong. You could look at the study guides for AP Chem and Bio and see if they look problematic on top of the rest.</p>
<p>I have 5 AP’s too and I’m doing excellent (surprisingly); and most of what you are taking are the ones I have too! </p>
<p>Given that you have Calc AB this year, your Calc BC is a bit easier than when BC is really AB and BC combined. However, that schedule is still tough - probably too tough when you throw in the hidden class called “College Apps and Essays”. </p>
<p>Four APs that are cores is plenty impressive for any college, so I’d drop the one that will consume the most time, AP Lit. (At our school, AP Lit is a novel a week - and unless you are a very strong reader, it kills everything else. YMMV.) Substitute a writing class to keep the English credit, preferably one that has a college essay component if your school offers that. If you are not a STEM major and you love reading, then one of the sciences can go instead.</p>
<p>Bottom line, your current schedule has a much greater chance of making you miserable than getting you into any specific school. Dropping one AP will make no difference on getting in anywhere, but WILL make your life a lot easier.</p>
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<p>LOL :)) Can I use that in the future?</p>
<p>The other thing to add is that not all medical schools accept AP scores as part of the pre-med requirements. Since you have no idea what med school will accept you in 5 years time, you need to work under the assumption that you will have to do all your pre-med requirements in college. I’m not telling you not to take AP Chem as it will still still give you a good foundation, but just know that you will have to take intro gen chem in college, unless you plan to use physical chem or biochem as your second yearlong chem class.</p>
<p>Also, is the difference between 5 AP classes and 4 going to make a difference as to what the GC marks as “most rigorous curriculum” on the GC rec? You need to find out.</p>
<p>AP Govt is ridiculously easy. At my school, Lit, BC, Chem, and Bio are among the most time-consuming with 1 hr+ of homework each night. Personally, I’d switch lit for another English elective, particularly if you’re taking AP Lang now, as some colleges won’t give credit for both Lit and Lang.</p>
<p>I’d say which courses are easy or hard varies a lot by school. At ours AP Gov is considered one of the most difficult, not least because the teacher assigns a lot of original source reading outside the textbook and expects a lot from papers and projects. YMMV. </p>
<p>At our school Lit is actually easier then Lang and a lot of kids do very well in it, plus I can’t take an English elective my school requires 4 years in every core subject, and you either take ap or the lowest level, there is no in between. At our school it goes from easiest to hardest </p>
<p>Ap English
Ap gov
Ap bio
Ap Calc bc
Ap chem </p>
<p>Plus I just like science in general I’m not trying to opt out of science and math courses in college when I know I need them for pre med requirements. I truly just enjoy the subjects</p>
<p>It varies from school to school. At my school AP Gov is one of the more rigorous and time-consuming classes that a student can take because of the way the teacher chooses to teach it, so I can’t say how difficult the class would be at your school. AP Bio would be the easiest of your APs, AP English would be in the middle, and BC/Chem would be the hardest.</p>
<p>What is your unweighted gpa? If you have any non-As, what subjects are they in? For my math/science kids, the AP Calc, AP Physics, and AP Chem are easiest. Getting A’s in the AP English/Social Sciences are more challenging – just because of the way that they are wired. Five AP classes is a very rigorous schedule, especially with college apps and essays added on. Only you can decide whether to go for it or not. But looking at which types of classes you tend to struggle in can help you decide which APs to take. If you decide to cut any APs out, it’s probably wisest to keep the APs in your areas of strength. Also keeping the AP Bio and AP Chem looks good for an avowed premed applicant.</p>