Hello, our school has started the process of choosing our AP courses for next year and I am not sure about my schedule. These are the courses I have been thinking about
- AP Macro
- AP Chemistry
- AP BC Calc
- AP Lit
- AP Stats
I am taking 4 aps this year, AP Bio, APUSH, AP Russian and AP Lang and Comp and have taken 1 last year.
I am able to manage 4 aps well but would 5 be manageable as well?
If I am going to drop an AP I would drop either AP Lit or AP stats. Which one would be better to drop?
Thanks in advance
If you’re doing well with 4 APs, I don’t think it’s too much of an increase in rigor to go to 5. However, it is senior year and you have the added class of college apps. What is a normal courseload for a HS senior at your school?
Dropping depends on your preference. Do you prefer STEM, or prefer reading?
I have also been wondering if I should take a step back in terms of my senior courses. I don’t know if it is a smart move to take all these classes senior year.
AP stats (have already taken ap calc bc and calc III honors)
AP chem
AP physics C
AP english (lit and lang)
Spanish IV honors
Religion (required)
PE (required)
Should i switch out AP econ for AP chem, or keep the two sciences if I am planning on going into STEM (specefically engineering?)
@bookluver04 : Drop AP stats. Statistics is a very valuable class that should be taken in college, first because the high school version is a 'lite ’ version and second because statistics keen in xollegebcan always go under the 'relevant coursework ’ when you apply to any internship (but not if taken in highschool).
You’d have an AP in every major discipline except foreign language, which you already took.
@stoppy02 :
Considering the level of math you’ve already taken, I don’t think you’d be faulted for not taking math senior year; on the other hand, AP stats would likely be a breeze for you since it’s an AP lite) and, if you want to major in stem, taking a dual enrollment class for one semester, such as linear algebra or discrete math, would probably be better. If you went the dual enrollment route, I’d keep a situation hall in the fall for college essays, and take the semester college class in the spring as a foretaste of what’s to come.
Combining AP physics C and AP chemistry is likely going to be very difficult. Those are among the most challenging classes and among the most time consuming AP classes individually, so that, combined they’d likely use up a lot of your time. Is this common at our school?
Also, have you already taken an art course?
Thanks everyone for your responses 