I’m currently in 10th grade and doing course selections for 11th and I don’t know if I should take apush because I’m not sure if I will have enough time to manage it. This year has been more challenging then I expected it to be… not incredibly challenging but I definitely bit off more than I can chew with 3 ap classes.
Here is my schedule for this year:
Ap computer science
Ap physics 1
Preap English 2
Preap algebra 2
Ap world history
Art 3
Preap chemistry
I’m not unused to taking preap classes but classes like chemistry preap, ap whap, and ap physics are on the difficult side for me. Granted I still have A’s in all my classes but I am putting in more work than I’ve done for other classes.
Whap takes away about one hour every night (because we have daily quizzes so I can’t procrastinate) and the tests take maybe 3-4 hours to study (and I normally get b’s on the tests).
Currently whap is my lowest course and for next year I will be taking even more ap classes (ap chemistry, ap environmental science or ap biology, AP English 3, ap drawing and portfolio,preap precal, and some easy blow off course like digital art or floral design)
Since my whap grade isn’t that great and from what upperclassmen tell me(that the course is just a little bit easier than world history but just about the same) I don’t think I will have enough time. However I enjoyed my middle school us history class and got really good grades in that class( the teacher wasn’t that hard but somewhere inbetween). Also my school gives a 10 point bonus for ap classes and I want to know if this will be worth it considering time and whether or not I will get a high enough grade to use the 10 point advantage. My friend is taking regular world history right now and she says it’s extremely easy and she has a high a and I expect regular us history to be about the same.
Please help!! I’m honestly really stuck on this decision…