Need help deciding if I should add this class to my schedule

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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Hello guys,
I’m posting this thread because I am in dire need of help in choosing my schedule for my upcoming junior year of high school. Basically, I am unsure of whether to take AP Psychology in my junior year or save it till senior year, because it’s another AP class that will add to my other 5 APs (maybe bad), but I also am interested and want it to seem like I tried in my junior year. (good)

I will post my AP schedule down below:

9th:
AP Human Geography
Honors literature 9

10th:
AP World History
AP Statistics
AP Chemistry
Honors literature 10

11th:
AP Calculus AB
AP Language
AP United States History
AP Computer Science Principles
AP Computer Science A
AP Psychology???
Honors Physics (No AP class but I heard it’s around AP difficulty)

12:
AP Calc BC
AP Literature
AP Government
AP Biology
AP Environmental Science

My two choices are:
Do AP Psychology junior year and do my economics and learn & earn classes senior year

OR
Do my economics and learn & earn classes junior year and do my AP Psychology senior year.

Do you guys think my junior year schedule is a bit too demanding compared to my sophomore year? I am having a pretty decent time in sophomore year, not too many struggles and doing fine on homework.
If I take AP Psychology senior year, then I guess I would have 6 APs in both years (counting honors physics as AP), but I don’t think that the APs for my junior year are all extremely hard (i.e. ap comp sci principles).

What do you guys think? Will I die junior year if I take AP Psychology or do you think it’s manageable if I dedicate my time? Would I be able to get all 5s on the AP tests in junior year if I really put the effort in?

Thanks so much for reading :smiley:
Any reply would be greatly appreciated

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Side Note: I do have some extracurriculars (tennis) that I do a couple hours every few days during the week. I don’t think this will affect my homework time that much but I thought I’d include it just in case

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Any reply would be appreciated, thanks

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did you take any foreign language classes?

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@momtogirls2 yes, I just only included my AP classes in the list. I’m in spanish 4 in junior year but it’s not an AP

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You’re making the common mistake of thinking the more APs the better, when elite colleges don’t focus on this quantitatively (as Stanford put it “it’s not a game of who has the most Ap’s, wins”). After 8 AP’s TOTAL the law of diminishing value applies.Your last year must also show an increased focus on your favorite subjects through your electives.

in other words, a better schedule would be

11th:
AP Calculus AB
AP Language
AP United States History
AP Computer Science Principles
Honors Physics
Foreign Language 4
Economics H

12:
AP Calc BC
AP Literature
AP Government
AP Biology
AP Computer Science A
AP Psychology