<p>I wasn't originally planning on it for the upcoming junior year, but I found out that SAT II Chem is required for a lot of the accelerated med programs I wish to apply to. I wanted to do some kind of medical internship over the summer, that's why I'm taking AP Bio, plus to be prepared for the SAT II Bio. I am planning on taking 6 other AP courses that same year (junior), the only other science being AP Environmental Sci. I going to wait until senior year to take AP Physics, when I will be taking 5 other APs. I know I need to take SAT IIs in bio and chem for a lot of those programs before I apply at the beginning of senior year. Does this sound like a good idea or do you think it will be conflicting to take two intense sciences the same year?</p>
<p>Here's my schedule:
Junior year:
1. Ap calc ab
2. Ap eng lang
3. Ap euro
4. Ap bio
5. Ap chem
6. Ap art history
7. Ap human geo</p>
<p>2 dual enrollments (world religons & speech communications) on saturdays</p>
<p>senior year:
Ap calc bc
Ap eng lit
Ap govt/econ
Ap physics c
Ap environmental sci
Ap stats
random fun class</p>
<p>1 dual enrollment on a saturday - health wellness</p>
<p>the reason why i'm taking so many aps & Dual enrollments is simply because i need to maintain my #1 rank at my high school. other competing students have similar schedules.</p>
<p>im also going to found my own club and have various other leadership positions, plus sunday volunteer work at a hospital and cross country practice (not too competitive) after school.</p>
<p>ugh, writing all this has been so daunting. another question: will i die? lol</p>
<p>We couldn’t possibly know whether or not you’d be able to handle that schedule. We don’t know how hard the teachers for those classes are or how much homework you’ll have in each class.</p>
<p>Since other students have similar schedules, I’ll assume that the teachers at your school aren’t impossibly difficult. Even then, it depends on what kind of student you are. Some people could ace all of those classes without having to study or pay attention in class. If you will need to study for those classes, and can’t do your homework in class, it might be overwhelming.</p>
<p>Keep in mind that you don’t have to take AP Bio and Chem to take the SATIIs. I don’t know about Chem, but Bio is easy to self study, assuming you’ve taken a Bio class before.</p>
<p>your school must be incredibly easy if you can take all of those AP’s in one year.</p>
<p>if your school is normal, this schedule will either literally kill you, or it will kill your college admissions chances bc you won’t have time for any EC’s</p>
<p>your school must be incredibly easy if you can take all of those AP’s in one year.</p>
<p>if your school is normal, this schedule will either literally kill you, or it will kill your college admissions chances bc you won’t have time for any EC’s </p>
<p>I must agree with the two posters above. My school doesn’t offer as many AP classes as some others, but the ones we do have are no cake walk. AP chemistry alone requires a minimum of 2 hours of homework a night, and only the brightest students complete it in that time.</p>
<p>I agree with what has been said above. If the classes aren’t easy, good luck getting through them with your GPA and ECs just as good as last year.</p>
<p>Why don’t you cut down on those AP classes. There’s looking good for colleges, and there’s just padding your resume so to speak. Do you really have the multi-tasking abilities to take all of those courses WHILE maintaining your EC’s to not look like garbage and still have a social life? If not, then drop some of them.</p>
<p>Or only take the courses in which you have some interest in…</p>
<p>Oh wow. Your schedule looks… intense. I don’t know if going for AP Chem and AP Bio in the same year is the “best” idea but you know what you can handle. I understand the “maintaining #1 rank”, that’s what I did this summer–took some classes (that my school doesn’t offer…such as Chemistry II/Biology II) and am taking a correspondence course or two, but if you bomb a class you’re out of the running. I’m sure you’ll be fine if you can juggle all the school work and still handle your EC.</p>
<p>OP: Why are you taking both Calc a/b and b/c? My understanding is that b/c is essentially the same as a/b, but more accelerated to squeeze in an extra 3 chapters. I’m just mentioning this from my recollection of posts on CC…you’d have to do a CC search to find out exactly what others have said about the difference between the two calculus AP classes.</p>
<p>I’d highly advised against taking AP Chem and AP Bio in the same year. I don’t know about your school, but from where I’m from, that’s 4 periods for both classes. That’s a lot of space taken.</p>
<p>I believe this is a question only you and your counselor can resolve. If you can handle the work AND make impressive contributions through your ECs, go for it.</p>
<p>My younger son, against his counselor’s advice, took seven APs (including physics, bio and calc) his senior year, plus leadership before school. He also spent four hours per weekday in the fall as varsity captain of the football team, and several hours per day in the winter and spring in a couple of drama productions, in addition to his other ECs. He maintained his 4.0, graduated as valedictorian, and will be attending Columbia in the fall. He got mostly 5s and a few 4s on his AP tests.</p>
<p>I mention his experience because it worked for him. Everyone and every school is different, however, so I really think a frank discussion with your counselor is the way to go.</p>
<p>depends on the rigor of the school and what you think you can handle. personally, i took 6 ap’s senior year (one less than youre considering), and i didnt find it to be that difficult since my teachers were pretty lenient with homework.
i would ask your counselor if students in previous years have succeeded with a similar courseload in the past. if students have and you feel that you are up to par, then i say go for it.</p>