Is the Junior Year Schedule Manageable?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>Hello everyone I am a rising junior and I need some assistance with the courses I am taking next year. We sign up for classes in 2 weeks and this is what I plan on doing:</p>

<p>1st Semester
1. AP Biology (yearlong)
2. AP English Language (yearlong)
3. Honors US History (a lot of info to fit in one semester)
4. Honors Physics (no AP)</p>

<p>2nd Semester
1. AP Biology
2. AP English Language
3. Honors Psychology
4. Honors Pre-Calc
I would take more AP's but taking only 2 fills up half of my schedule for the year. </p>

<p>I have talked to the AP Bio teacher and he said he would be surprised if anyone pulls an A in his class (hope he is kidding.) Biology is my best subject (had a 99 in Honors Bio)</p>

<p>English is a different story. I'm not the best at it and that's why I feel that I need a year of the subject. I talked to my AP English teacher also and she said we will be doing a ton of papers and analyzing communication skills.</p>

<p>I also play football in the fall, run track in the spring, belong to 8 clubs and volunteer a ton.</p>

<p>Do you think I can balance all of this and still pull an A in all of these classes?</p>

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<p>Bump, anyone?</p>

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<p>Nate, I too dislike English but yet I’m in AP Lit. However, don’t be turn off by english stuffs, if you think you have too much then you could decrease your clubs…</p>

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<p>Oh okay sounds good, thanks! Anyone else?</p>

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<p>I like it, it looks like you’re going at an appropriate pace which is good. Also 8 clubs is a lot. My school only recommends students to at least have 2 clubs.</p>

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<p>Is honors pre-calc a semester course? Good luck!!:)</p>

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<p>@foodlover001: No its a in-school class, why?</p>

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<p>stick to clubs like Beta, National Honor Societies( if u are in one), and a language club.</p>

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<p>@Leo909: Yes I am in all of those. Does anyone know how demanding AP Bio and AP English Language are?</p>

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<p>Here at the school I attend Ap Bio is a breeze because the teacher uses the all the quizzes U take for that unit and make into a test. So basically everyone studies the all their quizzes and then take essay portion of the test. Most nights there online reading quizzes and reading passages.
Ap LAN is a different story, lots of essays however its good practice too and reading great literature works like the scarlett letter, the great gatsby, and so on</p>

<p>Hope that helps u</p>

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<p>AP Bio and all english classes are extremely difficult at my school, easier at some, harder at others I’m sure. It just depends on your school. </p>

<p>Everything looks good to me, but 8 clus seems a little ridiculous. Just keep the ones that are meaningful to you.</p>

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<p>oh, he’s not kidding. I take AP Bio ;)</p>

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<p>^I agree…</p>

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<p>Oh boy… this is not encouraging.
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<p>@alwaysleah: My school does a, “block schedule” which means we only have 4 classes each semester. But these classes are 90 minutes long and only a semester, unless you take AP.</p>

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<p>Ull be fine…took precalc and physics freshman year and it was a joke. Btw bio really depends on your teacher, info really isnt all that bad.</p>

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<p>I asked if pre calculus honors is an online course since you were only taking it for one semester…</p>