Should I take AP physics 1?

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I’m debating between normal physics or ap for junior year. These are the other class I plan on taking next year:
AP Bio
AP Chinese
APUSH
AP English Lang
Precalc

If I take ap physics, I won’t have a lunch period which really isn’t a big deal, I’m more worried if I will be able to keep up with the workload and if I will have the time to study for other things like the SAT.

2

I have the same question. You are asking about the relative workload difference between HS Physics and AP Physics 1, correct? Were you planning on taking AP Physics C in your senior year?

3

Yes, I was asking about the workload difference between these two classes and no, I do not plan on taking AP Physics C senior year or any other physic class.

4

So I think it would depend on the schools, and maybe there would be very little difference at some schools. For your schedule, I think either would be doable although you would then have a full load. The reason to lean toward AP Physics 1 would be the higher grade weight and also for the chance to earn college credit for a sufficiently high AP exam score. AP Physics 1 gets a low percentage of 5s, but this is most likely due to the large number of underprepared students that take the class.

5

I would not suggest taking 5 APs, particularly since AP Lang and APUSH typically have heavy workloads… Nor would I suggest doubling up on 2 AP sciences. My preference would be to take AP Physics 1 and push AP Bio to senior year. If you are dead set on taking AP Bio as a junior, then I would opt for normal physics. But you know your capabilites better than us.

6

My school doesn’t do weighted gpa so taking ap physics won’t benefit me in terms of gpa, it’ll only bring it down but Idk how much.

I think maybe it would be better to take normal physics but then I’m afraid I will have too little ap classes since I only have one in total for freshmen and sophomore year (ap world)

7

Per post #4, there a lot of complaints here about bad AP Biology grades. There is one right at the moment (two if you count the dupe) about a bad Honors Bio 2 class grade. You a choosing a very challenging combination of AP classes to load up on. Now that you say that your school doesn’t have weighted GPAs, even more to consider what @skieurope said above and try to rebalance your schedule.

8

Most high schools limit AP courses available for 9th and 10th graders. Your situation is not unique and not a reason to just pile on AP classes junior/senior years.

9

Yeah, I heard of how hard ap bio is. I guess I will just take normal physics then. Thanks to everyone who replied.