<p>Hi, I'm from the Philippines and is currently studying in America as a high school student. I would say that my English is pretty good and I'm also currently a junior this year and is making a schedule for my senior year. I was wondering if the workload is too much? Especially with college apps and student government activities, I'm not sure if I could do it. So here are the classes I'm taking this year:</p>
<p>APUSH
Chemistry Honors
Pre Calculus
AP English Lang
Psychology</p>
<p>Senior year classes:</p>
<p>AP Micro/Macro
AP Bio
AP English Lit
AP Calculus</p>
<p>I'm still thinking about these two AP's:
AP Calc AB or AP Stats
AP Comparative Government</p>
<p>So, I'm still debating whether or not taking AP Calc AB with all the other AP's I'm taking is going to be really hard; I also heard that AP Bio is a pretty rigorous class to take in my school, so I'm still pretty iffy about taking AP BIo with AP Calc. Would it be easier to take AP Stats instead of AP Calc? My math is mediocre, not that bad, but not that good too. I would really appreciate you guy's responses! (:</p>
<p>When I was in high school, we were told that the <em>one</em> AP class colleges cared the most about was AP Calculus. I don’t know whether or not that’s true, but I can tell you that I have seen many students struggle at selective universities who did not have calculus in high school. </p>
<p>College calculus classes are pretty brutal compared to high school calculus classes; imagine how much faster the class would have to go to cover AP Calc AB in a single semester with only 2-3 class meetings per week… And most students at the more selective universities seem to end up taking calculus for one reason or another - general education requirements, a prerequisite for some classes they want to take, etc.</p>
<p>That’s why I would vote to keep calculus on your schedule.</p>
<p>@b@r!um I did hear a lot of people saying that we cannot escape calculus in college. But, if you only got a passing grade of 3 on the AP exam, will colleges take that into consideration? Are AP exam scores mostly for college credit only? Thank you so much for your input! </p>
<p>International law is not an undergraduate major. You could study “international affairs” / “international relations” (a mix of economics, politics, history and foreign language classes), but the law training will have to wait until graduate school. </p>
<p>If you do end up majoring in business or economics, calculus will be required for your major. Even if you don’t score high enough on your AP exam to test out of the college class, having seen the material before will make it <em>much</em> easier to keep up with the class in college. </p>