Signing up for senior courses tomorrow. Need some advice!

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>Hello.
Tomorrow I will be signing up for my senior year courses. Here are the courses I plan on taking:
AP Government
AP Economy (may or may not be offered)
AP Spanish 4
AP English Literature
AP Calculus AB or BC (planning on taking AB over the summer, then might take BC)
AP Physics (also hope to take this over the summer)
Band</p>

<p>Ok so here are some of my concerns.

  1. 0 Period is offered and the subject is AP Gov. The teacher I heard is excellent, and people told me they took 0 period so that they wouldn’t be stuck with the other teacher. Is this smart? I’m not a morning person, and I do not know how I will cope with waking up an hour earlier every morning.</p>

<li><p>How hard is AP Spanish if you’re not a native speaker? There is going to be a different teacher teaching AP Spanish than previous years, and I’ve had her for a Spanish course before. Does the difficulty also depend on the teacher?</p></li>
<li><p>Ah. English Literature. I’m really debating over whether or not to take AP or CP. I took AP English Language this year but not one single person in the class got an A. I dislike my teacher but the school might have her teach 12 AP, meaning I would get her again. It drives me nuts how hard it is to get an A in her class, and I’ve taken a hit in my unweighted GPA just because of it. If I do decide to take it again, I might get another B. </p></li>
<li><p>Taking Calculus AB over the summer at a community college. What’s it like? How strange is it to be near peers that are older than you? Also, is getting an A in the class the equivalent of getting a 5 on the AP exam? Which looks better? Another reason why I’m taking it over the summer is because I heard the teacher at my school isn’t very good. However, we’re going to have BC for the first time next year, and he’s going to teach it, so I may end up with him anyways.</p></li>
<li><p>Would it be hard to take Physics over the summer along with Calculus? How much time does it take up?</p></li>
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<p>I know this is a lot, but there are some critical question marks I need resolved so that I don’t screw up my senior year. Thanks much!</p>

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<p>1) just wake up an hour earlier. By taking the better teacher, your year will be smoother, which is better than simply having an extra hour to sleep.
2) I don't get it, if you've had the teacher before, you should know how she teaches, and you should be able to take it. And, why would there be AP spanish classes if only native speakers take it?
3) ooh, a B. Take it, try for the A. Otherwise, you can just go the easy route.
4) Do you really know about these two classes? The way you are talking, it seems you don't. Calc BC=Calc AB + a few more chapters. Why would you take Calc AB at a community college (which I dont understand, high school classes are not offered at community colleges, unless there is some system that your school has), when you are going to take BC anyways. Save yourself the summer, and just take BC next summer.
5) Don't know about Physics.</p>

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<p>Allow me to clear up the confusion. In regards to the AP Spanish course, I meant how hard is the course for non-native speakers, as in non-Hispanics? People will say that a language AP is one of the hardest AP courses to pass if you're not a native speaker in that language. </p>

<p>Also, I never knew about the Calculus BC being just a few more chapters. I thought it was like a higher level above AB that you took once you completed AB. So do people just take one or the other? Would BC be a more difficult course because it covers more material?</p>

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<p>By the end of your senior year, you would be begging for more sleep. Think on that.</p>