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Old 11-08-2012, 08:50 PM   #16
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taking 5 AP/Aice classes as a sophmore /: not that bad, but my sleeping schedule is terrible.
next year im taking 6 AP/Aice
and Senior year im taking 7APs
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Old 11-10-2012, 09:27 PM   #17
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Freshman: 2
Sophomore: 6
Junior: 9
Senior: 0
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Old 11-11-2012, 01:54 AM   #18
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Quote:
Freshman: 2
Sophomore: 6
Junior: 9
Senior: 0
Junior year sounds like fun. . .
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Old 11-11-2012, 03:01 AM   #19
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"Hey, join the club of insane-juggling-five-AP-classes students. We lack sleep and we carry a lot of books."

This is so true it hurts.
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Old 11-13-2012, 05:18 PM   #20
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Lol, agree with above.

Here's my schedule for comparison:

Freshman: 0
Sophomore: 2 AP classes
Junior: 6 AP classes and 8 exams (took AP Physics C and AP Econ, both of which have two exams)
Senior: 4 AP classes

The only illegitimate AP I took was AP Psych in senior year (didn't have any other class that fit my schedule).

You schedule is fine, but I'd strongly recommend taking 5 AP's in junior year and 4 AP's (or fewer) in senior year. You'll have much more work in senior year due to college applications and, possibly, standardized testing. A lot of my friends loaded up on AP's in senior year because they didn't take "enough" of them in junior year. They all deeply regretted their decisions and wish they had taken more AP's as juniors.

Trust me, you don't have a crazy senior schedule. Take all your difficult AP's in junior year and take the easier ones in senior year. That way, your transcript will look better and you'll have more time for applications.
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Old 11-16-2012, 01:02 AM   #21
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That's not unreasonable. A lot of kids at my school take that many and more. For me, it was:

Freshman: 0
Sophomore: 2
Junior: 7
Senior: 6
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Old 11-18-2012, 06:59 PM   #22
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Wow! It took coming on this website to realize that there were so many AP's to choose from! My school only offers Bio, Physics, Lang, Lit, and Calc. (Sometimes Stats or Chem, but usually not enough sign up) and we can't take APs til our Junior or senior year, depending on which one. I already took Lang (got a 5) and I am currently taking Calc BC and Lit. I also can't believe some schools make students take Calc AB before BC, because BC is basically AB with about three or four extra chapters of content in it (at least by the book my school uses).
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