Classes Advice- am I taking on too much?

bloom292 · February 11

I’m a rising junior, and my school has been pushing out scheduling forms recently. I’,m really conflicted about which classes to take. Currently, my 10th grade schedule looks like this:
AP Lang
AP Word History
AP Biology
Chemistry Honors
Algebra 2 Honors
Spanish 3 Honors

I’m thinking of my junior year looking like this:
Pre-Calculus
AP Chemistry OR AP Physics 1
AP Literature
AP Seminar
AP US History
AP Psychology

I’m a very driven person about 90% of the time, and I’m sure I can do extremely well in AP Psychology and AP Seminar, at least. I’m mostly conflicted on whether or not I should take AP chem or AP physics 1. Has anyone on here taken AP physics 1 without a calculus class and done decently (90+ unweighted)? I genuinely don’t enjoy chemistry, and I feel like I’m going to drown in AP Chem unless i have a really good teacher.
Thanks!

momofsenior1 · February 11

I would push physics off to senior year although you don't need calc for physics I.

I would also encourage you to consider taking a 4th year of french instead of seminar or psych.

one1ofeach · February 11

You should continue foreign language junior year.

momtogirls2 · February 11

if you don't like chemistry you can take an honors not an AP science like biotechnolgy, forensics, marine biology, etc and take AP Physics senior year.

ucbalumnus · February 12

Why not take Spanish 4 (or AP if level 4 is AP at your school) next year and leave AP psychology for senior year?

bloom292 · February 12

I have the option to take Spanish 4 over the summer

RichInPitt · February 12

I would take AP Physics 1 to complete the expectation of all three sciences. Physics 1 is algebra-based, so not having Calc isn’t an issue. You’ll then have exposure to both Chem and Physics so can select from AP Chem or Physics C based on which interest you more.

Especially if you don’t like your current Chem class.

Certainly finish a 4th year of a language before AP Psych. If you get that done over the summer, then Psych as an elective is fine.

Everything else also looks fine to me.

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