UC Berkeley ATDP Summer for rising 9th grader

My daugther is thinking of taking 2 courses over the summer + intense tennis lessons. Is that too much work? The school website discourages taking 2 classes due to heavy workload, but my daugther wants to take English writing + intro to biotech. If you know how much work it really takes for these 2 courses, I’d greatly appreciate your feedback. Thank you!

I would agree with the program’s recommendation that two classes plus a significant extracurricular commitment is too much. I am assuming that biotech is not a class offered at her current school for her grade level. If it were my daughter, I would have her take just the biotech class for that reason, and keep the tennis lessons and then add lots of independent reading.

Thank you so much for your feedback. Has any of your children or any one you know attended the ATDP summer program? I don’t know much about it since we live overseas. If you could share information about this program, I’d greatly appreciate it! Once again, thank you!!!