Opinions on Sophomore Schedule?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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Hello! I am a rising sophomore (2018-2019) and I am looking for opinions on what I have planned for myself this upcoming school year. Current freshmen year gpa: 4.0 UW, 4.583 W

Pre-AP English 10
US Government/Economics
AP Calculus BC
AP Physics 1

  • other courses (elective, foreign language, etc.)

AP Exams Planning to Take
Physics 1
Calculus BC
Biology (see below paragraph)
Micro/Macro + Environmental + Psychology (self study)

I am considering asking the school administration to let me take AP Biology this coming year.
I have taken Biology Honors as a freshmen and got very interested in biology (course average: 95). I have been studying for the SAT II Biology (June 2018) for a little less than 2 months, and have been getting ~750+ on my practice tests. (Although unfortunately I had to end up teaching myself the majority of the subject because our school curriculum moves very slow) I have also taken CB’s ‘mini’ AP Bio Practice test and got 37/40 on the multiple choice part.

Is adding in AP Bio overkill for sophomore year? My current rationale is that I will be taking Multi, AP Physics C, AP Studio Art, and AP Statistics Junior year, and I want to maximize the time I can devote to art (I will be pursuing art as a career).

I’m wondering if despite this, I should make sophomore year a bit easier on myself. This was a bit lengthy, but I would really appreciate opinions, thank you!

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Is adding in AP Bio overkill for sophomore year?

YES.do NOT do that to yourself.

why dont you take AP Bio your Jr year instead of Stats? AP stats is not a hard course for someone who has already taken AP CalBC, and will currently be taking Multi.

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There’s no point to taking both AP Physics 1/2 and AP Physics C IMO. I would recommend that you take something like AP Bio as a sophomore, AP Chem as a junior and AP Physics C as a senior. This is a pretty “normal” science sequence.