Is this too much for Junior year?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>So far I'm interested in taking three history APs next year. Content wise, is this doable?
APUSH
AP Art History
AP World</p>

<p>These are not the only APs I will be taking but these are the main three I'm concerned about.</p>

<p>APUSH has reading for everynight but my school is on an A-B schedule so that gives me two nights to do the reading. I'm not exactly sure how long it is though but I've been told by people currently in the class that if I do the reading, I should be fine. </p>

<p>AP Art History would be online. I've seen the course layout and assignments. It is enough for me to get through in atleast the 90min period I'll have for the class and possibly less than an hour of homeowrk if needed.</p>

<p>AP World is also online. I talked with someone who took the class and was told that it wasn't that bad and she was also able to do well on the AP exam. From what I remember, there is just weekly reading.</p>

<p>As for the two courses being online, there is only one other AP course I will be eligble to take next year at school that I could replace those with but I'm not as interested in that course. Plus, there is a good chance I could end up with one of the teachers I currently have now and would prefer not to go through that for another school year.</p>

<p>I'm actually very excited to see what I'll be learning from all three classes. We are doing world literature in my English class and went through exerpts of historical background on the different countries and that itself was kinda fun for me. My main concern is that the content may be too closely related and then start to get confusing. Also, they are three social studies courses and it doesn't really look like my interest are diverese. It it helps, I would like to take two science courses but only one of them are AP while the other is honors.</p>

<p>Thoughts? Advice?</p>

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<p>Here’s my input.</p>

<p>I personally self-studied both AP Psych and World History.
Both are pretty simple, with AP Psychology being relatively more manageable with a prep book or two (I used Kaplan, Barron’s, Princeton Review and took a test in the Official SAT II Study Guide Blue Book).
AP World History requires more memorizing and understanding of concepts. Make sure you spend a lot of time on work in APUSH and really understand how to write those DBQs and historical essays- it will make the AP World History exam seem much easier.</p>

<p>AP Art History is really a hit or miss. For some people, it’s pretty hard. I’ve personally never even contemplated taking it, as I am not a subjective/humanities student at all. Perhaps try it out with a prep book and see what exactly the content will require.</p>

<p>As for APUSH, I consider it one of the more time-consuming, difficult, and important AP courses and exams. However, it does have its benefits; a year of perfecting those essay writing skills will noticeably improve upon other literary and documentation abilities.</p>

<p>Just make sure in the first few months that your work is manageable. I’ve known international students from China and India that take 5 AP courses a year and self-study a few more.</p>