<p>So.. this is arguably the most important year of highschool as far as college admissions goes. With that said, how do you all keep up all your A's with 3-5 AP classes(I have 3/4[block scheduling]) and am having serious trouble keeping them all A's. What's your routine.. how do you stay focused and how do you manage time/not be lazy? It's like.. you walk around and see the top 1% and them always keeping A's and never dropping below.. and I said to myself I will do that this year at least (I know I can, I did it last year..) I currently have B-AP USH B-AP Statistics B-AP Physics... all teachers said I could pull the grade up to an A before the term ends(December 16th) but... how do you all manage to keep all A's?</p>
<p>I'm a sophomore, but...</p>
<p>I am having trouble keeping A's in all my classes with only 1 AP class (APUSH, hardest AP in my school). Precalc and Chemistry require so much time, but I'm having a hard time with them because of my AP class. I'm doing 35 hours of homework per week.</p>
<p>I might even drop AP Govt. next semester if I can't handle it.</p>
<p>Block scheduling, ehh? That's easier...</p>
<p>35 HOURS?!?!? WOW I really need to increase my 6 hours</p>
<p>^^thecalccobra, some people spend "35" hours not really purely studying, like going on CC, IMing, and doing hw at the same time</p>
<p>35 hours per week, so about 5 hours per night. I still need to do 280 problems for Chemistry.</p>
<p>We have a 7 period day, so we get more homework unfortunately.</p>
<p>You could try relaxing and set aside some time where you won't think about homework at all. Thats what I do. I usually spend about an hour a day where I'm just chill and nothing is gonna bother me. Somehow I manage to get everything done. I'm a senior with a full work load but I have a couple off periods because I'm taking two courses self-paced so I manage my time by going to breakfast two mornings a week and working with a friend. My suggestion is to not get too stressed out and take a break so that youre focused when you actually do work.</p>
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You could try relaxing and set aside some time where you won't think about homework at all. Thats what I do. I usually spend about an hour a day where I'm just chill and nothing is gonna bother me.
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<p>I definetely agree with that. I'd also recommend getting enough sleep. If you have a test, don't study so much that your brain is so fried it forgets everything.</p>
<p>Online prep notes and "teamworking" on homework/labs.</p>
<p>My grades, alas, are similarily suffering.</p>
<p>I have either low A's (90-93 range) or high B's (87-90) so hopefully I can maintain those A's and pull up those B's.</p>
<p>I wish I could answer your question. For me, I do the important homework first and as the night gets longer do the BS homework which doesn't really require that much thinking. That said, I do have to stay up late at times to finish lit or apush homework.</p>
<p>If you're doing 35 hours your time management is crap.</p>
<p>As a full IB diploma canidate, I have spent an average of 30 minutes a night on homework over the past two (senior and junior) years of high school. Just use dead-time in school to do the BS homework. Pay better attention to lectures so you don't have to study at home (works for me...). </p>
<p>Sure I've had to stay up until 2 or 3 the night before papers are due, but it's worth it for the relative stress-free state I stay in all the rest of the time.</p>
<p>I haven't had to do homework at home in.... 4 weeks?</p>
<p>i'm a senior now, but i got all As last year in the full IB program. At times it was hard, but I outlined all essay tests i had to take and got them checked by the teacher a few days before the test. I took practice tests for math. You just need to stay focused and you'll be able to do it. I never had more than 2-3 hours of homework per night because I managed my time in school. Work during lunch, if you have a free block use it, if you have free time in a class, do homework.
My school has a hard grading scale (94-100 = A) so i just kept driven by the challenge.</p>
<p>Visirale, your school may be different. </p>
<p>This is a breakdown of the amount of homework my teachers give and how long it takes to complete it. And just to let you know, I don't do other things while I'm working on homework and I don't really have an issue with time management.</p>
<p>Hours per week:</p>
<p>Drawing and Painting 1 - 2 hours (drawing for homework takes awhile)
Law Studies - 1 hour
Precalculus Honors - 4 hours
AP US History - 18 hours (extremely large workload)
Chemistry Honors - 5 hours
English 2 Honors - 4 hours
Algebra 2 Honors - 3 hours</p>
<p>I've talked to my Chemistry and APUSH teachers, but they aren't going to lighten the amount of homework they give. Nothing I can do about math. English is tough because of all the reading and essay writing.</p>
<p>I spend all of lunch doing homework and I also do it during BS classes. One time I had to stay up till 5 in the morning doing homework with only one hour of sleep, but I usually go to bed at 1:00 am.</p>
<p>7 period day does NOT equal more homework~</p>
<p>I've had both and block scheduling teachers give more homework than they would if you came everyday because they expect you to do it over 2 days, where as full days give less homework , but it ends up equal in the ned...hope that made sense.</p>
<p>I'm in my junior year and having trouble as well. I currectly have a B in AP spanish and a B in AP Calc BC</p>
<p>I'm enrolled in 6 AP classes this year, and its really a pain in the butt! Honestly, if you spend 3 hours each day working diligently and without distractions, you will get your work done. Don't forget to put some time aside each night to think about the stuff you did that day and what you learned. With so much new matieral to learn, it gets confusing sometimes</p>
<p>Best of luck to us juniors!</p>
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<p>^^If you are struggling to get As junior year, you should NOT be taking 6 AP classes... sucks for you... Actually doing well in AP courses is more important than taking an excessive amount of them if your grades drop</p>
<p>I had a friend who went to a school with block scheduling and he said he had less homework than I do.</p>
<p>I really wish my school had block. It would definitely be less homework. 4 classes vs. 7 classes is a big difference to me.</p>
<p>kirk, just because he's getting some B's doesn't mean he shouldn't take as many AP's. I know people who are taking 1-2 AP's and fail in them. A "B" grade is pretty good actually, though ofcourse, it is the all important Junior year, so tips would help. :)</p>
<p>^^He would probably do a lot better if he didn't take so many and could concentrate more time is fewer classes</p>
<p>^I agree. If he can't handle it and wants A's, he should not take so many AP's.</p>
<p>(I was thinking about taking 5 AP's my junior year, but I'll probably choose 4...it's jst way too much work)</p>