<p>I am a sophomore, also I have been living in U.S. for 2 years, I want to take these classes in my junior year:
AP Calculus BC
APUSH
AP Computer Science
AP lit
AP chemistry
Can anyone tell me how hard was it for you if you took this many AP's</p>
<p>Taking all of those except for Computer Science. It’s not bad. Not easy, but not bad.</p>
<p>Why not computer science?</p>
<p>Haha, good thing you’re not taking AP Bio with APUSH. At my school, that’s the worse combination anyone could take. Unless they’re robots with no life other than homework.</p>
<p>“Why not computer science?”</p>
<p>I’m not taking it because my school doesn’t offer it and I barely even know what programming is.</p>
<p>As a father of a kid who took 14 AP courses, my advice to you is not to go overboard with the AP courses. I would only take AP courses in subjects you are really good at. My some was liberal arts oriented, but took AP Chemistry and AP Calculus, and ran into some difficulty.</p>
<p>Plus, his workload was far too much.</p>
<p>And in any case, taking all those AP courses did not seem to help him that much in the college admissions process.</p>
<p>So I would urge quality, not quantity.</p>
<p>If you are not ready to take all AP you are kidding yourself</p>
<p>yes it is too much AP</p>
<p>BC and World History, those You should take sophomore year. leave sciences for junior</p>
<p>It depends highly on the difficulty of the classes at your school and your own ability. There is not much we can do for you in terms of what you want.</p>
<p>Personally, I’m taking 7 AP classes right now. It’s not that bad, but your school may be very different from mine.</p>
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<p>Is that a real question? It might come as a surprise to you but not everybody has your same interests.</p>
<p>^ I think it’s safe to say the OP misread taking as take and so thought that halcyon was giving advice. No need to be so harsh…</p>
<p>I’m really not the person to ask about what is too heavy of a workload or what number of AP classes is too many. </p>
<p>Many people feel that 2 or 3 is the upper limit that won’t leave you in a constant state of panic. I’m the type of person who is taking 5 AP classes in addition to Pre-AP classes . . . And shall be taking even more next year while also being in Academic Decathlon, multiple leadership positions in student organizations, my little budding organization outside of school, tutoring, and self-teaching several AP subjects. </p>
<p>I’m not trying to toot my horn, but simply let you know that, yes, it’s doable! But there ARE caveats . . . </p>
<p>You need to be able to balance your priorities. </p>
<p>You need to be good at studying when need be, and not feel too proud to ask for help when you need it. </p>
<p>You need to know what your limits are. </p>
<p>It’s not a good idea to lose substantial amounts of sleep over course work – it can make you sick, make you forget what you were trying to study in the first place, cause headaches, fatigue, distraction, and inattentiveness, and just really burn a person out. Sometimes deadlines pile up right on top of each other, but losing substantial amounts of sleep can really be to your disadvantage or even detriment. </p>
<p>If you have practice three hours a day, that’s three hours you just lost that you could have spent on schoolwork. </p>
<p>It can be very difficult, but it can also be very rewarding. </p>
<p>Talk to your counselor, most supportive teachers, or parents to see if they can lend any advice. If your school has a flexible ‘switch down’ policy, you could use that option if the curriculum is too challenging or heavy to manage. </p>
<p>(My school does not afford students that luxury – we can get stuck in a class we can’t deal with for weeks. It’s something you should find out about before signing up for these classes.)</p>
<p>TAKE MOAR APs</p>
<p>Probably to difficult.</p>
<p>lit and APUSH are the hardest aps u have. Everything else is easy.</p>