<p>@StudiousMaximus: My schedule is the same way - 4 classes on one day, 4 different classes the next day, the first 4 classes the day after that, and so on. </p>
<p>It’s funny how people say they’ve never heard of that type of scheduling. I (nor probably anyone at my school) have never even heard of block scheduling before coming to CC. I think I would like block scheduling more, though. I like the idea of focusing all my time in only 4 subjects at a time instead of 7 subjects spread out.</p>
<h2>lol, i posted this from my sister’s account w/o realizing it. anyway, here it is again:</h2>
<p>hey y’all, new to the thread but thought i’d jump right in and post my schedule for next year:
ap chem
ap environmental
spanish 11
probably french 11, if it fits
english 11
history 11 (you choose electives, mine focuses on the middle east)
a math elective (group theory, game theory, something theory)</p>
<p>i’ll also be doing advanced calculus @ an ivy near me, plus probably some other science courses. i go to a private school that’s really highly ranked in the nation, and they don’t really do honors or ap classes at all, other than in math (and i’ve already exhausted all math classes there). i’ll also probably be supplementing my classes with some self-studying ap’s outside of school. i’ve already taken ap biology (last year) and ap physics c, calc bc, ap european, and ap u.s. history (this year).</p>
<p>thanks for the suggestions, nate42. i never planned on taking ap environmental, but this year my school combined it with ap chemistry (weird, i know) so i’ll probably end up taking both ap’s. they don’t offer ap psych… think it’s possible to self-study for it and get a 5? thanks :)</p>
<p>@fieldsofpoppy: Haha that was me, I saw that you deleted your post so I did the same. I didn’t want a random comment out there. That is very peculiar. I think it is possible, many people self study with Barron’s and make a 5.</p>
<p>got it, thanks (and sorry!) 
yup, my school is private and small (60ish in my grade) and they don’t have a lot of courses (or flexibility in schedules). they’re also very humanities based but don’t have a lot of electives at all.
also, does anyone here think it’s possible to self-study ap gov/ ap geo or the ap english classes? my school has non-traditional english and history electives/core classes and i’m not sure if the classes will fit together into a regular ap curriculum. eek.</p>
<p>Gov and Geo can easily be done if you find the right prepbooks. The subject matter isn’t exactly difficult to grasp (even Crash Course might suffice), so you just need to make sure you can write a good DBQ/FRQ pertaining to the respective subject.</p>
<p>@GrammerNazi thanks! The seniors in my Calc bc and Physics c classes took it last week and said it was intense (a lot of essays in a short amount of time, or something like that). Hopefully self-studying will be enough…</p>
<p>I think AP English Language and Composition is one of the only AP’s you don’t have to study for. You just need excellent writing skills and reading comprehension. I think last year the college board only gave 8% of the test takers 5’s. </p>
<p>But switching to Geo and Gov. One of the seniors in my school took AP US Gov’t and Politics online, outside the classroom and loved it. I don’t know a lot about AP Human Geography but from what I have heard it is one of the easiest AP’s to self-study.</p>
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<p>I don’t have Internet access for a few days and the forum seems to gain some activity.</p>
<p>If y’all don’t mind, let’s go to the scheduling thing. I really hate block schedule. It is so hard to do any APs and do your required grade specific classes or career-technical classes (which my school really emphasizes to gain some type of work related experience before graduation) that one is really interested in. Plus, if your school is limited in teachers for a certain discipline, it really can mess up your planned courses. </p>
<p>As you all know, I’m transferring to a boarding school. The schedule there is college style (don’t go to every class everyday and meeting times switch throughout the week) and many of the people I talk to (phone, text, FB, etc.) really love it. So, I will let you all know about it later when I actually experience it for myself.</p>
<p>Now, off of schedules. I am so glad I get out this week. I can sleep in a little bit each day. But, I have to do the driving portion of drivers ed next week to get my permit, so no sleeping in long. But, I am practicing alot this week with my dad (who was a cop) to prepare for it and make sure I can do the basics as best as possible.</p>
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<p>@nate42 lucky!!! After two protests, a walk out, and several thousand emails and calls in protest, my school is switching to a 7 period system from block >.< Most of the AP’s at my school were (have to use the past tense now…<em>sniffle</em>) were full year, so they took up 2 classes, so I actually got to take MORE classes with the 7 but…
I think we all agree that school systems suck.</p>
<p>Good luck with your drivers ed course! But do you really think block scheduling is that bad? I mean, at the very least its a lot easier than a full year. I LOVE having only 4 school classes, though with online classes and dual enrollment its more like 7-8 classes at any given time >.< But still, I can’t fathom how hard it’ll be next year with 10-11!!!</p>
<p>@julie: Wow, that really stinks! Sorry. I have heard the 7-period system is the worst. Homework overload every night! If my school did that it would not be pretty.</p>
<p>But in better news, just learned today that I will be a junior class officer! This is going to be great for my college app.</p>
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<p>To go to the scheduling discussion:</p>
<p>My school had block scheduling last year (4 classes for 90 min half a year, a different set next half) but switched to A/B this year (4 classes one day, different 4 the next). A/B is absolutely a killer, especially when you’re not used to managing that many classes at one time. Fortunately, my school is going back to the block scheduling next year because of so many complaints from students/parents/teachers. I think the only “all-year” AP is APUSH, so that’s not a problem for me.</p>
<p>I really envy you guys with block scheduling. A/B sucks so much. It just piles on the stress…</p>
<p>My school has the block scheduling. This allows me to take 8 classes per year and I like it. The only downside is that you have to study extra hard for the AP exams because the course is often left incomplete.</p>
<p>SIX CLASSES REPRESENT!</p>
<p>Yeah. I can’t wait :]</p>
<p>I would hate a 6 or 7 day period. It was like that in middle school and would have been in high school if I hadn’t gone to private school.
We have block schedule: 1,2,4,6 on A days and 1,3,5,7 on B days- same classes all year. I love it because have two days to do homework. The downside is that whatever class you have 1st block, you have to suffer through every single day.</p>
<p>WOO HOO 7 classes for me honestly, i would forget everything if i worked by a block schedule. plus, i cannot STAND being in the same room for more than an hour.</p>
<p>MAN ITS BEEN A WHILE SINCE IVE BEEN ON HERE. heyy y’all. to those of you who dont know meeeee, im just another teenage girl tryna enjoy her summer vacation :D</p>
<p>7 periods here. All year. 55 minutes each. However for about 4 months this year we had a “transition” class which was built into the day. It was 30 min long and cut each class down to 50 minutes and our passing time to 4 minutes (Which really sucks since we have a HUGE Campus with 7 buildings). I had 2 years of A/B block in Middle school, and it sucked.</p>
<p>I really hate it for all of you, don’t know how you handle 7 periods a day.</p>
<p>I just learned today that the best Chemistry and Physics teacher in my school will be retiring, due to his wife’s health 
. This really is not good beacuse he is the ONLY Physics teacher at my school. So now they are letting my AP Bio teacher do it. Even he said he can’t do Physics, let alone teach it. So now I don’t know what to do…</p>
<p>Should I drop the class? I can drop Honors Psychology as well and take AP Psychology and AP Statistics online. Should I do this?? If I take these two AP’s online and drop the two honors then that will put me in first by at least .250 points on the cumulitive GPA!
What should I do?? Thanks guys :)</p>