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<p>In university, the more typical course load is 4 or 5 courses at a time. And university courses are more work and more difficult than high school courses – probably about double or more, considering that many full year high school AP courses like chemistry, calculus AB, statistics, psychology, environmental science, US government, etc. are commonly considered equivalent to only a semester of university course.</p>
<p>When I took calculus BC in high school, it was one of 7 courses (though one was PE, so 6 academic courses). Others in the class had similar schedules.</p>
<p>I still don’t understand why a student *two or three years ahead in math<a href=“i.e.%20one%20of%20the%20top%20students%20in%20math”>/i</a> would have difficulty handling calculus BC straight from precalculus. This would be similar to what is expected from university freshmen who are not ahead in math at all (i.e. the average students in math).</p>