Not sure if I should take 4 AP classes next year with my schedule. Help?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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Hi everyone! Next school year, I’ll be a junior and my schedule will look something like this:

AP Environmental Science
AP Language and Comp.
AICE Thinking Skills AS (weighted like an AP class)
Algebra II
Yearbook 2 Honors
AP US History
AP Psychology

I was thinking that I could:

  • Drop AP Psychology and take it during my senior year
  • Drop APUSH and take US History Honors
  • Drop APES and take Anatomy & Physiology Honors

The reason why I think I want to drop one or more of my classes for next year is because next year I’ll be:

  • In Yearbook. This will demand a lot of my time and I cannot drop the class without a penalty F
  • I’ll be working a job. 20-25 hours/week
  • I plan on studying for the ACT during the summer and taking my first test sometime in the fall. But, I’ve been thinking about pushing that back til December since I do not have Algebra II under my belt.
  • The president of my school’s FBLA

I’m on the fence about all of this. Do you think I can manage 4 APs on top of my busy schedule AND get 7-8 hours of sleep, eat, etc? I’m open to all suggestions. For reference, I live in Florida and I am 16.

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AP Psychology is one of the easier AP exams, but sometimes the course itself can be a lot of work. If possible, ask around to other students that have taken these classes. Where is your foreign language?