Was there ever a point when you thought your courseload was too much?

<p>As in you took too many APs and realized a month in to school it may be too much? Yeah, I think I may make this mistake next year. How do you guys deal with it?</p>

<p>Um, your schedule shouldn't be finalized yet, so if you think you can't handle it drop out of a couple courses.</p>

<p>Honestly unless it's like wayy too much you should be ok.</p>

<p>Never. I've always regretted not taking more challenging courses :/</p>

<p>Too bad it wasn't until now (entering my senior year) that I realized that I should stop listening to guidance counselors.</p>

<p>Well 1st semester of my junior year I signed up for a killer crazy courseload: AP Gov, AP English, AP physics, AP Chem, AP Spanish Literature, AP Microeconomics, IB Contemporary History, Latin 2, Algebra 2 honors, and Precalculus Honors. </p>

<p>I took 3 extra courses online. </p>

<p>Was it too much? Yes. Did I quit? No. Should I have? Perhaps. How did I do? I messed up badly first semester (all Bs and 1 C+ to mess up my perfect straight As record). It broke me (as it would any overachiever) and then made me stronger (second semester all As and 1 B+). I think colleges will look at it positively (the whole resilient thing)</p>

<p>This year was ridiculous. I took 6 APs (9 courses total) while balancing an equally ridiculous extra curricular load. My year, though, was different than metdethgnr's--I made it through first semester with 8 A's and 1 B, but ended up getting 2 Bs and a C during second semester (I started focusing more on my extra curricular commitments). </p>

<p>Taking such a challenging course load changed who I am. By the end of it I realized that there's more to life than grades, and I realized that my extra curriculars are what really make me happy. Getting through AP Chem with an A was not high on my list of priorities toward the end of the year, whereas in the past I would have freaked out to get anything below a 93%.</p>

<p>Also, you have to realize that kids who take the most challenging course loads are rarely valedictorians. If you're taking such a challenging course load just to boost your GPA, you should back out while you still can. Only go through with it if you're sure it's what you want to do because you're genuinely interested in the classes you'll be taking.</p>

<p>I took 5 APs this year, and although there were a few times I was stressed, I don't regret it. I would stay with your classes and drop them if you can't handle the first two weeks of school. Besides finals and the AP tests, you should be fine</p>

<p>I never regretted it per se, but those times at 1 am when I had ap chem and ap bio tests in the morning were never particularly enjoyable moments. I'm glad I tried my best and did well. I wouldn't be myself if I backed out of something because it was hard.</p>

<p>You can drop your courses? My school won't let that happen. Basically you know what you're in for.</p>

<p>nope..........</p>

<p>I'm taking:</p>

<p>Reading & World Lit. (college-level course in NY, similar to an AP I guess)
Algebra 2/Trig. (yeah, this isn't too bad)
AP American
AP Physics B
AP Italian</p>

<p>I like history, English, and foreign languages a lot; my teachers think very highly of me in these subjects. I'm not too strong in math or science, though. However, I want to take AP Physics B because I want to be with kids who actually care, as with chemistry many kids ended up with C's and such. I also heard that if you do your homework and pay attention, a B is obtainable in AP Physics.</p>

<p>I want to do well in school and go to a good college, but everyone around me is telling me how I crazy I am with my courseload. We'll see how how it goes.</p>

<p>Thanks, everyone.</p>

<p>by graduation ill have taken over 20 aps and it was a joke.</p>

<p>I thought I was taking too many APs at the end of this year (6), and almost dropped them on those few nights of heavy work. I probably would have, save for the 500$ fee that you are charged for dropping each AP class. </p>

<p>One thing I have found through high school to be almost always true is that classes are made to sound far harder than they really are. Even with a heavy courseload, most nights I sat on the computer, doing nothing. </p>

<p>Really, your courseload doesn't look that bad. The biggest task you will probably face in AP classes is prepping for the test during crunch time, and not procrastinating.</p>

<p>Now. I signed up for... AP psyche, AP us history, science research, a college class, and like 2234 clubs, as well as the fact that all my other classes are friggin honors.</p>

<p>my year last year was pretty tough, but there's always coffee to help you along. :-)</p>

<p>oh btw to answer the original question: no.</p>

<p>We'll see, since I have only completed my freshman year (w/all honors but still a joke)</p>

<p>I always regret my courseload. A few times.</p>

<p>First time is right after I've made up my mind and filled out the paper with my guidance counselor.
Second time is when the paper is sent home to my mom with the classes finalized.
Third (for this year atleast) was when everyone was talking about how easy Senior year is going to be for them.
Fourth- when I got my schedule with what classes were 1st period-9th period.</p>

<p>But. I've done this every year since Freshman year and by the time school gets really going, I've never thought it was too much.</p>

<p>I thought about before Iactually took the classes. Like this year was my first yearw/ APs and had a lotof themand constantly felt as if I wouldn't be ableto handle it.</p>