For some reason, upon editing a thread said thread got deleted, so I’ll try again once more:
I am 3.96 unweighted GPA junior who is most likely going to receive a National Merit scholarship. Already with this, I have +$40k a year at UH in the bank, so I’m having trouble seeing why I should care about getting straight A’s when I can enjoy being with my friends and sparing a few B’s in the progress. Is it okay to be a bit more laid back since I already have quite a bit of money from scholarships, with more coming my way through FAFSA and need-based scholarships as long as I don’t get a C and do real well on my AP exams?
Speaking of which, I’m selecting courses for next year and I believe that I’m going to take way too many AP classes in senior year. With 4 AP classes (Stats, Physics, Lang, APUSH, and 3 easy/PreAP classes I’ll make A’s in no matter what), I made all A’s last semester but am looking at possibly only 1 A this semester (Stats = easy for me) in my AP classes or maybe two or three if I really up my game, which is possible but difficult. I don’t want to kill myself next semester, so with how I’m doing my junior year, what AP classes should I be taking/avoiding? Currently, my perhaps overzealous plan, is to take APES, Lit, Gov/Politcs (sem courses at my school), AB Calc, Psych, and Human Geo (the latter two I’m a bit interested in but could also take in college). Should I modify this plan if it’s already looking likely that I’m not gonna make all A’s junior year? Really, my goal is to just get AP credit and to be able to go to college with few debts.