<p>I'm currently a Sophomore in High School, and I'm just thinking about what my schedule for next year is going to be. I want to take AP courses next year, but I'm kinda debating on what they should be.</p>
<p>So far I'm wanting to take:
AP Calculus AB
AP Chemistry
AP English Language
AP U.S. History
AP Spanish Language</p>
<p>Honestly, I'm doing Spanish just so I can get myself some nice recognition with the Foreign Language AP. (I just hope I can get a 3...) But mostly, Chem and Calc are the top priorities. I want to self-study BC while I'm taking AB since my county doesn't offer it. Is it at all possible?</p>
<p>Note: I'm also taking regular Physics (because my school doesn't offer Honors for it) and being a Teacher Assistant so I can have an "easy" class throughout the day.</p>
<p>Sounds good, but beware AP Spanish if you’re not a native speaker. It’s supposed to be practically impossible, and you don’t want it to suck up all your time as you already have 4 other APs.</p>
<p>I suggest taking APs you are interested in only. I took 4 APs in my Junior year and it wasn’t that bad. The key is to not procrastinate and to evenly spread out tasks.</p>
<p>If you can’t manage the workload, you will obviously be in a lot of pain. But as long as you are interested in the classes you are taking and have a good work ethic, you’ll be fine. Good luck with the 5 AP tests at the end of the year though. It was a pain studying for just 4! ;)</p>
<p>AP US History is uber easy, but very, very time consuming in terms of the workload, and it’s very difficult to BS. I’m in AP World right now, and I can easily say that the workload for WHAP is about 1/4 that of APUSH. My notes for APUSH for one night’s assignment last year were anywhere between 10-15 pages, whereas for WHAP, they’re barely one full page, lol. </p>
<p>I’m currently in AP English Lang, and I love it - you really should have a strong affinity for the English language though, because it is a LOT of writing… but I was told that if you were to only take one AP class throughout the course of your entire High School career, it should be AP English Lang. </p>
<p>I have no personal experience with AP Chem or AP Calc - but AP Chem is apparently deadly, I know two kids in my Latin IV class who basically spend the entire class complaining because they have double block Chem the next period and how hellish it is. </p>
<p>I have one friend in AP Calc BC, and she has like, a 99 - and she isn’t exactly a math wizard either, so I guess that’s promising. 
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<p>I don’t know anyone in AP Spanish, but I’ve heard time and time again that it’s really ideal if you’re a native speaker. People who learned the language through the realm of academia have a particularly tough time with it.</p>
<p>That seems good enough for a rigorous junior year</p>
<p>I’m really good in the Math & Science fields, so I figured they aren’t THAT bad. Just English I might be worried about a little in case of issues with writing grammar. As for History, it’s a relatively simple course at my school. (I don’t mind DBQ’s or long essays.) Only problem might be Spanish, but I organize time very well so hopefully it can work out!</p>