My daughter has signed up for 6 for her junior year. Hopefully she will be able to handle it all.
My son did 5 junior year and 6 APs senior year and was just fine although the workload was enormous at times. But the advice above is sound - it’s not the number of APs, it’s the rigor of the classes. All APs are not created equal.
@rockyPA: bad idea. Open your own thread to ask questions about that schedule.
@ScreenNameJr
abroad: in France? in Turkey?
if France, were you Seconde or 1e and if 1e which filière (S/ES/L)?
what three languages and do you have external testing on any of them?
What’s your full schedule for jr and sr year, as planned? Please asterisk your HS requirements.
@MYOS1634 i studied abroad in france (1er L) and I speak turkish as a second language since my mom’s turkish. i haven’t had any testing in either. and english is the third language but that doesn’t count. i’m trying to learn spanish though
junior year:
ap english 3 (english is required but not ap)
ap us history (again history required but not ap)
algebra 2*
ap physics/environmental science (which one is up to debate, also one science is required)
ap government*
ap french 4
band
law 2 (i’m in a law magnet at my high school)
senior year:
ap statistics
whatever the highest level of english is offered at my school
ap physics or environmental (the one i didn’t take junior year)
ap european history
research law
street law
band
Some of this depends on how successful you’ll be. Five A’s in AP courses is better then four. Five B’s in AP courses is worse than 4 A’s is AP courses and an A is another course. Only you can determine this. You should take the most rigorous schedule at which you will succeed.
Have you taken intro Bio/Chem/Physics, and are lined up for Calc as a senior? What else? If you haven’t finished all 3 lab sciences, those should certainly come before APES.
i’ve take biology and chemistry freshman and sophomore year, and i don’t think i want to take a pre ap calculus class senior year (because if i go to the uk for university i won’t be required to take calculus, and my brain connects better with statistics at any rate)
AP French is going to be a breeze compared to 1L. Any chance you could take a college level 300 literature or culture class instead? (AP is roughly 4-3e in comparison; it tests at B1 level when 1L is well above that). You could take it as an easy fun class though, and/or be a TA while classmates learn vocab and grammar.
You took physics/chemistry/svt in 1L make sure it appears on your transcript.
APES and AP stats will be fine for a Humanities student.
DO make sure you continue French at the highest level - if not this year, spend some time during the year looking for 30-level college classes to take since they’d reflect your actual level better. 1L students are also on course for 8 hours of college level philosophy, see if you could also take a philosophy class senior year, and finally add European history.
I mean I did five this past year and handled them all pretty well. They were pretty hard aps too (Lang, phys c, apush, bc, chem) It really all depends on how hard the AP class is and the type of student you are.
Sorry, I don’t want it to seem like I’m bragging. My point is that if you’re taking classes like APES, and other easier aps, you can definitely handle 5, and maybe even 6, but it really all depends on you and how you feel.
Thanks so much!