<p>My current schedeule for next year, my senior year, entails 6 Advanced Placements (Chemistry, Calculus AB, Psychology, Literature, Government and Politics, and Computer Science) and 1 Honors (Physics).</p>
<p>Is this too much to take on, particularly when I'll be dealing with college visitations and applications and all of the other quirks of Senior Year. Will I really want to kill myself with such a challenging courseload after I've been accepted into a college, esp. if it is Early Admissions?</p>
<p>What do you think? Any ideas? Speaking from experience would be super, if possible.</p>
<p>Meh. I'm taking 6 AP's and I still have too much free time. </p>
<p>I've been bored out of my skull since November. At least back then I played football...</p>
<p>Anyway... if you're a pretty good student (which I gather you are) you should have little to no problems with the demands of schoolwork and applications.</p>
<p>If you feel like you may have time constraints weighing you down next year, just be sure to do what I didn't, and start your essays/start filling out applications during the summer.</p>
<p>It's funny at my school, one of the best in NY. 6 APs is impossible. AP Courses are extremely difficulkt in our school, rarely anyone takes 3+. I find it unfathomable to see people taking 6...they must be so easy--either that or my school compared to yours is much more rigorous. But you never know, don't ya?</p>
<p>Well, in my school AP Chemistry is a joke, as the tests and quizzes are hard, but the teacher gives sooo many chances for extra credit that a few kids ended their first marking period with a final grade of 110+. The Valedictorian had a 116. Psychology is practically a joke at my school. I'm strong in English and History, so there goes Literature and Gov/Pol. Computer Science is challenging, but I'm fairly skilled at programming, so my only real concern would be Calc AB. Of course, I would be a busy, busy man---but the work I would have to do in and of itself wouldn't be very challenging, mostly just tedious and time-consuming.</p>
<p>There's no doubt the rigor of courses varies greatly between schools. For example, in my AP U.S. History class, I never read a thing all year, only turned in every other essay and still got an A in the class and a 5 on the exam. </p>
<p>The whole class did practically the same thing, and the vast majority scored higher than a 3.</p>
<p>This holds true for pretty much every AP class I've taken. I do practically nothing the whole year and garner a 5 on the exam. </p>
<p>My school must be extremely good at teaching or something.</p>
<p>at my school, an average school, no one has ever taken six in a year. ever. ap chem and physics have a reputation for being the work of the devil lol</p>