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@sadbiolover • 3 years ago •
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Suggestions for a junior's schedule changes?

Hi everyone, I am new here.

I am a junior and here are the AP classes I am planning on taking:

AP Calc BC (I took AB last year, with a 5)

AP Chemistry (Very nice teacher)

AP US History (seems like a lot of difficult reading, but I find the material and lectures slightly interesting)

AP Latin 5

AP Computer science A

AP Language and Composition(English has never been my strong suit, but I heard this class will improve my writing skills)

My school is pretty AP heavy and I know 2 people who are also taking 6 AP classes. Most of my friends are taking 5 AP classes.

My question are:

1. How much homework could I expect?

2. Would it be worth it to take fewer APs to work on my weak extracurriculars? I think AP lang and APUSH would be the ones I could save the most time by dropping.

3. Would it look bad to colleges if I took Honors US history or Honors English 11 instead of their respective AP classes? I am aiming for T20 colleges

 
Take honors US history instead of AP
50%
 
Take honors english 11 instead of AP
10%
 
Take both honors english and honors US history
0%
 
Take both AP Lang and US history (keep current schedule)
40%
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@PBJPancakes • 3 years ago

If you are not strong in English, I would go ahead and take English 11, just because if you fail the AP test, then it will reflect on your college transcript.

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@sadbiolover🎤 • 3 years ago

My counselor said that Honors US history will have less homework than APUSH

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@kaylee1 • 3 years ago

Hello! I'd recommend not to drop AP Lang because this is the class that gets you ready for college essays! Unless you're already confident about your essays then you should drop them. You're looking at about almost 5 hours a day for homework or more. If you think you can handle this then go for it! If you do drop one AP, I recommend that you do an easier class like Art or something of your interest.

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