<p>Hi I took 4 APs sophomore and 1 honors Eng that according to many is just as hard as AP Eng.
First of all I took AP world which is really similar to AP Euro. There’s a lot of work lol. And I was terrified for my grade the entire year. Don’t procrastinate.
I took AP Calc BC instead of AP Calc AB. It’s pretty easy. At least the curve.
I also took AP Stats. It was really easy i still don’t know i got a 4.
I heard the new AP Chem is pretty hard. Study well 
As for AP Physics, lol good luck. I would take it after AP Calc but that’s just me</p>
<p>I was going to say that you should take a normal Chem class before you take AP Chem, but you said you took that your freshman year. I guess you can still take it, but it would still be better to take it later. There was a very low percentage of 5’s this year, and most people who took it were seniors. AP Stats usually isn’t too hard, but you can probably handle it if it’s easy at your school. AP Physics 1 should be a lot like Honors Physics (at my school, there wasn’t even an Honors Physics, just AP Physics B). The AP Euro exam will be updated in May of 2016, so it’s best to either take it now or your senior year, so you won’t have to take the test not knowing as much about the format. </p>
<p>Have you taken any APs before?</p>
<p>As for college not accepting AP exams, this is from Yale’s website: “For an AP test score to earn acceleration credit, you must have taken the test while you were in secondary school.” That’s the only time I’ve ever heard about a college only accepting AP credits from certain years.</p>
<p>@LosingCrayon Yes. I have taken 3 Ap classes my freshman year(APES, World history, and Bio). I also got 5’s on all of them and managed my time to where I could still do track and JV soccer. Do you know if computer science is hard?</p>
<p>How are you already taking AP Calc?! The hardest math I can take as a sophomore in my school is Algebra II Honors (which I am). And at my school we are only allowed to take 1 AP class sophomore year, and that’s AP US Gov. That’s great that you’re challenging yourself, though. We don’t even have enough APs at my school to do that every year. I might self study…what does everyone think?</p>
<p>@empressamelea I have decided to drop stats and take computer science online, since I have a major background in programming and it is one of the easiest classes online from what I’ve heard. </p>
<p>@shooting4stars You should self study classes like environmental science, or statistics. Maybe biology if you are really dedicated. Computer science can also be self-studied but only with dedication. Try to take 1 or 2 ap classes online at most. This is because you won’t learn as much online(unless you absolutely dedicate yourself or it’s an easy ap class) compared to a classroom. </p>
<p>I don’t think you should take AP calc, AP chem and AP physics 1 all the same year. At our school, AP stats is considered an easier AP to take. In my mind, removing it won’t save you enough stress. </p>
<p>The only class you really must take sophomore year: AP calculus so that it immediately follows precalculus.</p>
<p>So, either postpone the AP Physics 1 or the AP Chem. </p>
<p>Other factors to consider:
Sketch out your four year plan. You need to have some hard classes left for your senior year or the colleges think you’re skating. Also, are there sequences/requirements at your school we might not know about? Are you taking a foreign language?</p>
<p>Who do you want for references? Some teachers are known for giving “great” references. Yet, some admissions officers will discourage you from giving sophomore teachers for your references. So if the guy you think will give a great reference is the only physics teacher, you may want to choose that class to move to junior year.</p>
<p>How many APs does your school offer in total? Sometimes we assume here on CC that everyone has 16 APs to choose from at their school.</p>
<p>^Also, I am taking Ap Calc because I took precalc online with FLVS. It’s not such a bad course. A potentially successful ap calculus student is strong in algebra and trig(identities, functions, graphs, unit circle). Basically, precalc will cover all of that. In my school, you have to make an A and a B in order to take calc ab. Only the students that make a 95+ each semester are allowed to go straight to calc bc. </p>
<p>@Picapole My school offers 31 ap classes. I already have my two years of a foreign language( I did Spanish 1-2 in middle school). I was going to drop stats for Spanish 4. I was planning on taking ap Spanish lang, ap English lang, ap calc bc, apush, ap physics c, and ap psych junior year. For my senior year, I was planning on taking ap English lit, calc 3 at a local college, ap macro, ap stats, ap Spanish lit, and ap us government.(at my school, there isn’t too much homework in my senior year classes). </p>
<p>It sounds like you have your high school plan together. I say that you go for it, just know what you’re getting into and be prepared to do the work.</p>
<p>If you have 31 APs available to you, then I do think that makes a difference in your approach. If you want to go to a high-profile top-20 type school, then yes, you really do need to take more APs than the 7-8 total as was advised to us in one college night. Still, I think you would still be considered rigorous with a couple less than you’ve proposed; ie, you don’t need to take 15 of them. I would think 12 total over the four years would cover it. </p>
<p>In the end, it is a balancing act–if your grades are too low, you won’t get in, but on the other hand, if they think your coursework isn’t rigorous, you won’t get in either. The sad thing to me is that you don’t have time to enjoy some of these classes a little more fully. But none of us made this system… </p>
<p>Second, with 31 APs, you must have a critical mass of students who take these kinds of schedules. Check around with several of them as to what your plan is. Also, try to balance teachers–if some are known to be extremely hard, don’t take them all at the same time.</p>
<p>Good luck to you!</p>
<p>I took 4 AP classes and self-studied 2 other AP’s and got A-'s in all of them LOL. i had a 7 class schedule with advanced band and nutrition as other classes. Let me give a piece of advice and my experience. Don’t double on the sciences, and make sure you are taking stuff you like.I loved every class I took which made things easier, but i still had some late nights. I spend 4 hours a day socializing and doing stuff for my organization, Interact, as I am the district governor and it was hard. I also spend 2 hours a day on sports. And the problem was, even when i had work to do, i still had those 6 hours of other commitments (which i would trade grades for any day bc those are things i like). I lost some friends, but made new ones. It’s doable, but you have to have the mindset of enjoyment, not to fluff up your resume. Leave some room just in case you seriously struggle with one class, and you will trust me. I thought chem would be hard and apush, but it turned out that BC whipped my ass everyday. Ask yourself, why are you taking these classes and maybe you won’t fail. BTW i got 3 5’s and 4’s</p>