Hello! I’m a senior this year, and I’m super stressed already so I would be SOOO thankful to anyone who can give me advice :D. I have until this Friday to make schedule changes with no consequence.
My classes this year are AP Calc AB, AP Lit, AP Gov/Econ, and Honors Physics. I actually signed up for honors English, knowing that English is my weakest subject, but they screwed up and put me in AP Lit so now I either have to take that or drop down to regulars (they won’t let me drop down to honors). I really don’t think I can keep up in AP Lit, especially because it’s the second week and I’m still struggling to catch up with the summer homework. The teacher’s known to be really hard but he’s probably one of my favorites right now, and I don’t think I will gain anything from taking a regulars class (at my school, all AP/honors teachers are excellent, but regulars teachers are ehhhh).
I’ve taken all of the hardest classes at my school except for one–honors math analysis in junior year–and I really regret not taking that one because I am SO behind in my AP Calc class. I got a D on our first test even though it was suppose to all be review (and I have a D+ in the class). I have the option of going to Honors Calc AB, a class with the same teacher but taught at a slower pace, but the only thing that’s holding me back from dropping to it is that the first AP Calc test is suppose to be the hardest test of the year.
So I know this is only the second week and I may be overreacting, but I’m planning to apply ED to Tufts and apparently they will only see my first quarter grades? That’s what really scares me, because first quarter ends in like October for me. I’m perfectly fine with a B on my transcript, but a C/D…?
So my options now are to transfer from AP Lit to Regulars English, AP Calc AB to Honors Calc AB, or to transfer out of both AP classes. I’ve been so stressed that I think the last option’s the best for me and my health, but colleges care a lot about senior load, right? My school doesn’t really offer a variety of classes, so there’s really nothing else I can take. To be completely honest, I’m not too passionate about either subjects. I’m planning to major in Public Policy/Community Health/Sociology or something along those lines, and I don’t really know which subject’s more important. Lastly this is probably not that important but I don’t want to spend my senior year miserable like I spent it my junior year.
So what should I do? And I’d like to thank you again for reading this long thread/rant/cry for help! 