<p>I live in Canada and this will be the last year of my highschool career. Receiving my timetable today, I already am stressed over the course load. I have 5 AP courses in my schedule right now, is it necessary to take all of them if I want to pursuit an Ivy League school in the US?</p>
<p>AP Physchology
AP Calculus BC
AP Physics B
AP Biology
AP Macroeconomics</p>
<p>I took four AP Courses last year and received a 5 on AP Chinese, 4's on Ap Microeconomics and AP Statistics, and a devastativng 3 on AP Chemistry. I am not sure if I can do well in the 5 AP courses that I have this year and still have time for my other extra-curricular activities. </p>
<p>Should I drop an AP course? If so, which one? I'm thinking of replacing an AP course with Law 12, would it be a good idea? If not, what course should I take instead?</p>
<p>In my point of view,i see no justified reason to take AP macroeconomics.you are already aware of the area of economics.it doesnot fit.
but the rest are fine,note that you should devote specialised efforts in calculus BC and practice a lot.calculus is a key element for college success.
good luck with your senior year</p>
<p>If you are adamant in dropping a course, pick the course that is the least interesting or the least helpful for whatever you want to major in. If you’re not sure about that yet, I would recommend dropping AP Physics B, as many colleges don’t give credit for it.</p>
<p>If you’re not sure about dropping, I would wait a week or two to see how you fare. The intensity of an AP course can vary by teacher, and make your decision based on how lax or stringent they are. If you think you can get by with the workload and balance your extra-curriculars then, go ahead and keep them. If you’re struggling, then drop.</p>
<p>AP Macroeconomics is like 1/2 to 1 semester’s worth of introductory economics in university (same with AP Microeconomics). AP Psychology is at most 1 semester of introductory psychology in university. So if these are full year courses in high school, they are probably not difficult.</p>
<p>AP Physics B is not commonly given subject credit in university, though if you have not already had a high school physics course, it may be worthwhile to take it as such.</p>
<p>AP Biology is more often given subject credit for a year of biology – but if you intend to apply to medical school, check medical school requirements on the use of AP credit (in many cases, you may have to either take a year of more advanced biology or repeat introductory biology for medical school purposes).</p>
<p>AP Calculus BC is one of the most useful AP tests. This one is definitely one you should keep. Have you already taken AP English?</p>
<p>I thought about taking AP English; however, the teacher of this course is brutally hard. I don’t want to get a bad mark in her class and let it affect my GPA. Is AP English a good course to take?</p>
<p>As of now, I am leaning toward the plan of dropping AP Biology and substitute it for Law 12. Many people have very good things to say about the Law 12 teacher; from what I’ve heard, he is the most interesting teacher at my school.</p>
<p>AP English and AP Calculus are the most useful in terms of getting subject credit at a university (though universities do vary).</p>
<p>AP Physics B is less likely to be useful for subject credit than AP Biology. Unless you have had no physics at all in high school, you may want to keep AP Biology and drop AP Physics B if you decide to drop one.</p>
<p>Except AP Biology, those courses are generally on the easier side. I think you can stick with it. However, if you drop AP biology for Law 12, it wouldn’t really hurt much since you still have 4 APs. I certainly recommend keeping the rest, but as for AP Biology vs Law 12, I think you can do whatever you’d prefer.</p>
<p>Looks like I won’t be able to switch into the Law 12 class because my counsellor is “busy”, so I’m stuck with AP Biology. Is it a really hard course? Would I be able to survive with all my other AP courses on the schedule?</p>