<p>AP English 03
AP U.S. History
AP Chemistry
HP Spanish 03
HP Math Analysis
Energy of Science
Peer Tutor
IB Physics
Community College:
MicroBiology
Psychology
What do you think about my schedule? Your opinions? Be Honest! Should I take IB Physics? or No? And Why?
Good enough for Stanford, UC Berkeley, Harvard, California Institute of Technology, UCLA, UC Davis?</p>
<p>I think you won’t make it to senior year.</p>
<p>Of course, I don’t know about the rigor of classes at your school or how rigorous your previous schedules have been (so you’ld get a better idea of exactly how challenging your junior year classes will be), but if there is anything I learned from junior year it’s that you should not bite off more than you can chew.</p>
<p>Just make sure you’ve got some balance. Not too hard, not too easy. No one knows your limits better than you. Choose carefully.</p>
<p>…Well I certainly feel like a slacker now haha.</p>
<p>That sounds like a huge course load. Be careful! I echo what stressedouttt says; junior year is crazy, so don’t bite off more than you can chew. I would say no on IB Physics. Your classes seem like enough as it is, and you want time to do community service/clubs/extra curriculars without burning yourself out. Remember, colleges look at your activities outside of the classroom too.</p>
<p>Have a good junior year!</p>
<p>^If you don’t think that schedule is extremely rigorous, your school must be a joke…</p>
<p>The counselors wouldn’t even allow a schedule like this at my school (and we send plenty to Ivies).</p>
<p>Only do this schedule if you will still have time for ECs, because I guarantee that involvement in ECs will make a much larger difference than 1 or 2 more advanced classes. I think the community college stuff is overkill.</p>
<p>The rigor depends entirely on your school and its schedule. If your school functions on a block schedule of 4 classes a day I’d say it’s doable, but not easy, w/o the CC classes. IF you add in the two CC classes it becomes significantly more difficult (Microbiology more so, but still). If I were you I’d take IB Physics but drop Microbiology, as it is often seen as a weeder class at the CC’s/Universities in my general area, but I guess your case could be different.</p>
<p>If your school is on a straight schedule of 8 classes per day you’ll very possibly burnout early in the year, as the sheer volume of assignments/tests/projects will seem insurmountable if you fall behind even a little bit (and the stress won’t be good for your health). Plus the homework level will force you into near hermit status, and leave you little time for any worthwhile EC’s. </p>
<p>tl;dr - Drop Microbiology</p>
<p>I go to a highly ranked public. And I have good grades and what not…typical CC deal ya know? I sleep about five hours a night as well. Believe me, I have a hard schedule and ECs, so I know the dedication that it takes. But a schedule like that simply wouldn’t be allowed at my school, as all the AP classes give 1-2 hours of homework per night. Taking 4 APs, no college classes, was pretty tough. It’s not that the material is difficult, but the time it takes to memorize every line in, say, the the APUSH textbook, is significant. It’s just wrong to say OP’s schedule isn’t rigorous, because it clearly is. </p>
<p>Anyway, I agree that dropping microbiology is the way to go.</p>
<p>dude, you’re doing way to much. I took all AP Classes my first semester and fourth quarter, all of which required a great deal of studying, and was up until 3 in the morning every night, and got 2 hours of sleep total each night (basically, 4 all-nighters a week). My grades suffered, which was probably a good thing, since it taught me a lesson. fortunately, they didn’t go below B+'s. Also, I was miserable that whole semester, and the fourth quarter. so, what i’m saying, is if you can handle it, great. but if you can’t, drop a couple AP’s for honors or advanced classes.</p>