5 AP Classes Sophomore Year

shawnspencer
Wed, 16 Jul 2014 13:59:10 +0000

Most colleges will accept AP credit regardless of which year it is taken.I agree with the above poster that it might be a good idea to spread out your workload. 5 APs or even 4 APS in one year is very rigorous already and most people don’t take that much until their last two years of high school. (I didn’t until my junior and senior years, didn’t take any sophomore year). It’s all about time management, and I definitely recommend dropping at least one if you haven’t taken that many APs before. For me, jumping from all honors to 4 APs was a large one. I concurr with the advice about taking more difficult courses as your HS career progresses (progressively more rigorous is better than the other way around) so there’s no need to stack that many this early on.

If you’re looking to drop one, taking an honors level course (especially for the sciences) will better prepare you for the respective AP course later on if you decide to take it. This will be true of your Chemistry and Physics courses. Alternatively, if you take Honors Calculus, you will still have room for mathematics (AB and BC) your junior and senior years. It’s all up to you. Good luck.