Senior Year Couse Scheduling Advice

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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Hello, I’m looking for some advice on choosing my senior year courses. For context, I’m very interested in pursuing a STEM major (probably math or physics) in college, but I also love learning about literature and the humanities. Next year, I’d like to strike that balance of challenging myself but also taking time for my mental well-being.

Current courses:

APUSH
AP Lang
AP Calc BC
AP CSA
AP Physics 1
Dual-enrollment Spanish IV

Future schedule:

AP Literature
AP Physics C (both e&m and mech)
AP Chemistry
Dual-enrollment Multivariable w linear algebra and Diff Eq w linear algebra (a semester each)

AP Comparative Gov?
AP Macroeconomics?

I need government and economics credits to graduate, but I think it may be overwhelming to take the AP versions of both. The regular versions of the courses are semester-long (instead of year-long like the AP versions). I’d like some info about the courseload for AP Comp Gov and AP economics.

Thank you very much!

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Do you think you can manage this load?

How well do you like Physics 1 and Calculus this year? If you don’t find them easy, Physics C & multivariate calculus will take a lot of hard work.

Why do you want to take AP Chemistry?

You also need to understand that you will have to spend a lot of time working on college applications in the fall semester of your senior year.

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Physics and calculus are my favorite subjects, and I receive As in them with relative ease.

I’d like to take AP Chemistry because I want to learn about chemistry before entering college, and I’m very interested in the sciences.

I’m just ambivalent about taking AP Econ and/or AP gov.