Reasonable senior year schedule? [4 APs]

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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Hello. I am currently in the process of picking out classes for my senior year. In the past, I have not challenged myself and really pushed myself to my full potential. I have had a 4.0 UW throughout high school. I am only taking two AP’s this year, AP Bio and AP Lang, both of which are pretty manageable. I am a bit hesitant to challenge myself more, but I think it will help in the long run. Keeping in mind that I do have the whole college app process in the fall and will possibly be playing tennis in the fall as well, do these classes seem reasonable?

AP Physics 1 (Really good teacher, I am not interested in the subject matter at all, but I plan to be a bio major so I think I should take a physics class before college so I have some background knowledge)
AP Calc AB (Either gonna get a really good teacher or really bad teacher)
AP Lit (Extremely rigorous at my school, tons of work)
AP Gov (I’ve been told it is pretty chill at my school)
School newspaper (I’ll be an editor [it’s a class])

Thanks for taking your time to read this :slight_smile: !!!

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It’s good if you’ve reached level 3 or 4, in foreign language.

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You want to take a challenging schedule, but not so challenging that you cannot do well in your classes.

But also:

In the fall, you are in college application season. You may be taking the SAT again. You may want to visit some more colleges. You have to write college- specific essays (hopefully you already wrote your common app essay over the summer.). You have to fill out your Common App and get recommendations.
Also you may be in marching band or Sports or be a leader of a club. College Apps is like another timesucking EC on top of that.

Then in the spring, you may have senioritis. You are been accepted to college and are looking toward the finish line. You have to study for the AP tests…it will be difficult to study for too many at once.

So I agree…this seems reasonable…the only thing I would consider dropping is AP Gov…see how much time Newspaper Editor will take of your time + Lit + Physics + Calc.