<p>Everyone who I talk to tells me I'm insane, and that I'm going to die.
6 AP classes: AP Biology, AP Calculus AB, AP French, AP Computer Science, AP English Literature, AP Government
Since I'm behind everyone else, I'm potentially planning on self-studying AP Physics B and AP Calculus BC. </p>
<p>I'm also planning on doing three sports, swim, tennis and gymnastics. Numerous other after-school activities like Key Club, NHS (I'm President), STEM Club, and FBLA.
I'm also going to be Varsity Captain for swim, which is a fairly big obligation. Swim practice is something I'm somewhat concerned about, as we have two practices a day. One in the morning starting at 5:30 AM.
Potentially thinking about getting a job as a swim instructor at my local pool as well.
I'm also doing a zero period for Orchestra. This will intersect somewhat with my swim practices, but I think I will be okay.</p>
<p>I haven't done that much volunteer work in my high school career, so I'm planning on doing at least 400-500 hours work of community service over the year, from now until I graduate. (I'm a junior)</p>
<p>Also, I may be doing a medical internship at a nearby university.</p>
<p>I would take Calc BC. It will cover AB first half of year. AP BIO will require more time than you probably think. Assuming that you haven’t had physics B, I would drop com sci and take an AP physics course. To be honest, forget three sports. Because of the time involvement for swimming, that will be an issue. Remember that AP classes are college level and will (should) be taught at a faster pace. Being Capt or Pres for this or that and maybe taking 4 AP classes will look better than 6 AP classes and having to drop the leadership roles.</p>
<p>Let’s assume oforty-five minutes a day of work for each AP class-- does that sound realistic? If not, pick soemthing that is. Now, get an empty sheet of paper and make your weekly schedule, Sunday to Saturday, midnight to midnight. Include your swim practices and meetings, schoo-time, club meetings each week, study time, courses, other obligations, volunteer hours, what have you not. Every obligation you have listed for us should go on the sheet with time blocked out.If you do not literally have enough hours in the day, it’s not going to work. Don’t forget time (let’s do one and a half hours a week) to study for the SAT/write college essays/research colleges.</p>
<p>We also have no point of reference for whether or not something is too much. You’re the only one who knows that. However, I will say that you can’t do everything in half a year. Colleges aren’t going to care that in your last senior year, you suddenly got into three more clubs and ramped up the service and got a job and an internship (the combo of the latter two is, imo, impossible). If you have been used to a dramatically less intense pace the last three years, there’s no way you are going to pull it off, motivated or no.</p>
<p>Calculus BC at our school is a prerequisite requirement for Calculus AB unfortunately. 
Our teacher for Calc BC teaches the class a lot differently. He covers the extra concepts normally covered with Calc BC (not including the Calc AB part), and goes on to teach multivariable calc concepts.</p>
<p>The three clubs are clubs which I’ve always participated in, actually.
Swimming is kind of a commitment for me…I’ve been doing it all my life.
I’ve had a fairly similar workload in my past years, actually. Same sports, same zero period class, similar number of AP classes.</p>