<p>At my high school you cant take AP classes til junior year. Next year (junior year) I originally planned to take:</p>
<p>AP English
religion (required )
AP US History
AP Calculus AB
AP Biology
Honors physics
Law studies/ PE ( both 1 semester each)</p>
<p>But I feel like if i take those I will die. The only people I know who take 4 AP classes have no social life. All of the AP teachers that teach those classes above give A LOT of work. At least that's what upper class-men friends have told me. I worry I will be up all night doing homework and studying. </p>
<p>I thought about maybe dropping AP Bio and taking it senior year with AP Physics, and AP English . I'm a math science scholar and to graduate as one I have to take 4 of the 5 AP science/math classes:
AP Bio
AP Chemistry
AP Calculus AB
AP Calculus BC
AP Physics
I figured I'm not going to take AP chem. </p>
<p>So do you think 4 AP classes w/ honors physics is to much? I'm kinda used to advance classes. I currently take honors chem, bio, pre-cal and English. But i still worry AP will be a huge leap from those and I will drown in work and have a breakdown. What do y'all suggest?</p>
<p>There are only a few kids at my school taking that amount of APs/honors junior year… and they have no social lives. If that’s a sacrifice you’re willing to make, go for it, but that would be a tough year ahead.</p>
<p>If upperclassmen at your school agree that the AP teachers all give a lot of work, then you probably want to talk with someone who took 4 AP classes to see how they felt.</p>
<p>I’m taking 5 AP classes right now, but have plenty of time - more if I actually managed my time well.</p>
<p>But in all seriousness, it totally depends on your goals, priorities, skills, and determination. I have no idea what the best course of study for you would be, but here’s a piece of advice: be very sure that every hour you give up to these classes is well spent. Take a class if you enjoy the material, if you’re excited about it, and leave yourself some free time to relax, chill with friends, and expand on your more productive hobbies.</p>
<p>it largely depends on your school and teachers, but for your first time taking APs (and all heavy APs), I’ld say four is too much. are you allowed to drop classes at the beginning of the year? then you can see how things go for yourself next year. if you can’t, then yeah, I’ld definitely drop one AP, minimum</p>