<p>is senior year supposed to be my hardest year? Am I supposed to have a rigorous schedule or should it be the easiest year??</p>
<p>Usually junior year is your hardest year, but senior year can be your hardest year. Senior should not, however, be your easiest year. It’s a year where you show your strengths. Don’t slack off. If you took 3 APs junior year you can challenge yourself and take 4 APs senior year. If you took 5 APs junior year you can take a little break and take 4 APs. </p>
<p>What matters most is that you continually challenge yourself.</p>
<p>Junior and senior year should be as hard as possible if you want to be competitive for top schools.</p>
<p>Junior year was my hardest year because the APs were difficult, even though I was only in 3. This year I’m in 6 APs, and it is actually easier than last year.</p>
<p>I need to manage my time more this year, however, with college applications and school work.</p>
<p>Junior year: 1 AP
Senior year: 4 APs</p>
<p>So.</p>
<p>Junior Year: 5 AP
Senior Year: 4 AP</p>
<p>you want your junior year to be the hardest, then done down slightly senior year to enjoy yourself while still being rigorous, plus you have college apps to do</p>
<p>Me:
Junior year - 7 APs
Senior year - 0 APs, but all college classes</p>
<p>I think junior year is going to be the worst. There are more options at the college so stuff will be more interesting even if it’s harder.</p>
<p>I’m only a sophomore now but i think my senior year is gonna be my hardest since my school only allows seniors to take AP’s</p>
<p>My school has that rule on paper, but I was able to get around it just by asking the guidance counselor. I had all the prerequisites so they were okay with it.
You could try that, if you want to take any APs as a junior.</p>
<p>Honestly, the first half of senior year is just as difficult as junior year because college applications are added into the mix. For my classmates and I, junior year was our most difficult year. Junior year I took 4 honors classes and 2 aps, and had 8 classes total. As a senior, I’m taking 2 honors classes, 3 ap classes, and have 10 classes total. Due to the way my school works, we either have AP classes or normal classes depending on the grade level. For instance, this year I had to take normal physics because I didn’t want to take AP. There was no in between choice. But, I made up for it by taking AP Environmental Science. </p>
<p>In the end, you’re supposed to still have a challenging senior year. You’re not supposed to slack off. This means that you don’t take personal finance rather than AP stats if you’ve been an honors math student your whole high school career. It means that, in my case, rather than taking AP Euro (which was introduced my junior year, and is the class the sophomores take while the juniors take APUSH), I took half a year of sociology and the other half international relations/current events. So, yeah.</p>
<p>Senior year will always be better after the first semester is over/after AP exams are done. You just have to deal with it.</p>
<p>Junior Year: 4 APs, and 1 third-year college class.
Senior Year. We’ll see - probably 3 APs and 2 college classes.</p>
<p>LOL, right now as a Junior - I’m in 3 AP classes… Senior Year, I’ll probably take 3 as well. MAYBE 4… maybe.</p>
<p>Senior year is by far my easiest year. It’s not because I’m slacking off and don’t have a full course load, it’s because at my school there’s a lot more freedom in scheduling. At my school, every freshman takes English 9 and Social Studies 9. For math they can take Algebra II or Algebra I and for science they can take Intro to Physics or Science and Tech. Sophomore year is pretty much the same, everyone takes English 10, Biology and US History with some variations in math. Junior year is a lot more open but you’re still required to take history, english, math and science. </p>
<p>By senior year though most credits are fulfilled. Going into my senior year I only needed an english credit. I’m taking CP Calculus (because after struggling in Honors math classes my first two years this was a better choice for me), CP Physics (because Intro. to Physics didn’t go well for me and this class is a bit slower paced), Honors Short Fiction, Advanced English, Honors Film & Drama, Advanced Art, Portfolio Art, an Independent Study and a period to write book reviews for the library. I’m doing a lot more things that I like this year. I’ve purposely taken more english classes than needed and I’m taking several art classes and exploring subjects I’m interested in. It all depends on what you make of it and how your school’s scheduling works.</p>