<p>@anonemuss What do you mean 17-18? Are you self studying those?</p>
<p>Taking 6 this year, and hopefully getting the AP National Scholar. Should have 11-12 by graduation. </p>
<p>@PoisonIvy20 Well depends if i want to take AP Comp Govt or not. I want to have senior release with 5 classes instead of 7, but i might take AP Comp Govt if they allow me to only take it without a 2nd semester (it’s a 1 sem class). So senior year i would have AP Comp Sci, AP Physics 1/2 or C (don’t know yet), AP English Lit, AP Micro/Macro (1 sem each), AP US Govt/AP Psych (1 sem each)</p>
<p>@alzhao No self studies, have already done 4 of the APs. Taking 5 this year.</p>
<p>And yeah I eat in class more frequently than I do during lunch.</p>
<p>When I start applying to colleges, I’ll only have AP Chem, AP Psych, and APUSH done. But I’ll be in AP English Lit and AP US Gov as well as the AP exam for whichever math I take, so hopefully that’ll help.</p>
<p>As for where:
-Northwestern (top choice but depending on my ACT and SAT scores this might not happen)
-UPenn and Columbia for the heck of it (again, ACT and SAT scores might not be high enough)
-Notre Dame as my mom insists I apply as it’s a Catholic school 8-|
-two instate schools that have good journalism programs
-the local Catholic university, so I can go somewhere if all else fails </p>
<p>@PoisonIvy20 8/10 by the end of junior, depending on whether or not my counselors allow me to self study.
By graduation, though, I’ll have taken around 4? more ap classes, although only ~2 of the tests.</p>
<p>Hello all! im also a junior and am excited to join this thread! you guys are taking a lot of AP’s. I only have three as of now. AP Chem, AP Macro, and AP Spanish</p>
<p>Truth be told, I honestly don’t see why you guys are divulging yourselves in extra AP’s to self study. What’s the point? Honestly there are so many kids taking a million AP’s that it does’t even matter anymore, no colleges care (I have multiple family members/parent’s friends who review college admissions.) That extra stress would kill me ahaha! I’m taking 5 this year: AP Lang, APUSH, AP CALC AB, AP BIO, and AP CAPSTONE (anyone else taking this? I’ve heard it gives you a huge advantage for college admissions! Is this true?). How you all handle the stress of so many classes is insane! Make sure you guys take a breather from time to time, stress is no fun! 
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<p>@shinchang I’m like over a week late in responding but I just wanted to say that although “You’ll learn how to deal with your workload as the year goes on” does somewhat translate to “More like we learn which classes we can slack off in and still pull off easy A’s and which classes we actually have to try in lmao” that there’s more to it.</p>
<p>Here’s an example. Summer before junior year, I had 4 summer assignments. I started doing them the last week of July or at the very beginning of August, I can’t remember, but it took me until the day before school started (after labor day) to finish the assignments. Even then, I have block scheduling, so I was finishing up 1 assignment on the first day of school for my class the next day.</p>
<p>Flash forward to summer before senior year. I have 6 summer assignments. I started them at the beginning of this week, maybe Sunday, it’s been 6 days and I only have 1.5 assignments left. I’ll probably finish the rest tomorrow and the day after.</p>
<p>I went from needing around 30 days to finish 4 assignments to (potentially) finishing 6 in 8 days. A lot of this is due to work ethic that I learned during my junior year, but I would say most of it is that the intense workload junior year actually makes you smarter (<em>gasp :0</em> it’s possible to get smarter than I already am?). You actually learn your junior year, it’s not JUST an intense workload, so something like a data analysis that you spent 5 hours doing in September will likely only take you 2 hours in December and even less than that in May. You get used to what you’re doing. And overall, the beginning of Junior year I felt like death if I had more than 4 hours of homework and then towards December I was happy with 4 hours because that still meant that I could have a long dinner, enjoy an hour of free time and still go to sleep pretty early. You literally learn to deal with it.</p>
<p>A lot of people think they’re the exceptions: “I have 7 straight hours of homework a night it’s impossible for me to deal with it.” From my experience, nobody has 7 hours of homework a night. You probably have bad work ethic, even if you think it’s good, and that’s why it takes you 7 hours. If you think you’re the exception, you’re not.</p>
<p>I don’t mean to preach but I just want to give my $.02 to people who are in the same situation I was last year.</p>
<p>@sumobats lol i was kidding for the most part, but yeah, i 100% agree.
also your memorization speed or w/e gets faster too if your classes make you suffer enough x_e</p>
<p>atst though i’d assume some people do have a million hours of hw a night. i usually just have a few hours tops, assuming i’m not working on some projects, but that’s just because several of my teachers give me time to work on hw in class. all schools are different, so i don’t think it’s fair to judge someone else’s workload/work ethics based on the amount of homework they claim to have. </p>
<p>@zeeeeeee Frankly, I take it because I’m either interested in the subject or I want the college credit. The only AP classes that I don’t want to take are APUSH and AP English. I’m taking those because it feels like everyone is taking it, since they are the most popular APs. </p>
<p>@zeeeeeee I’m taking a bunch for UK college admissions which only care about APs. By the way, AP Capstone won’t give you a huge boost. It’s just a new program, and you’re lucky to have it. I’ll give you a boost against people at your school, who don’t take it.</p>
<p>@Woandering:
"The AP Capstone program was developed with input from the faculty and admissions staff from more than 50 colleges and universities, including Stanford, Columbia, Duke and UC Berkeley, and is expected to benefit those students applying to competitive colleges. Philip Ballinger, Associate Vice Provost for Enrollment and Undergraduate Admissions at the University of Washington, said, “At the University of Washington, we are very interested in enrolling students who have distinguished themselves through the AP Capstone program. Students who successfully participate in the AP Capstone program learn how to read and assess sources critically, distill and synthesize conclusions based on evidence, and effectively communicate their conclusions to others. This developed skill of critical reading, thinking, and communicating is precisely what leads to high achievement and outcomes in college.” (article excerpt)</p>
<p>It seems that Capstone gives one a small boost, but then again, a thirty page thesis will be involved senior year. Eek! 
I’m more interested in the connections it provides though, since it is a research based class, we get the opportunity to connect with university professors for information. I’m hoping to connect with a professor from a university I want to attend!</p>
<p>And oh dear! All those AP’S would kill me, I respect all the dedication/disciple you have!!! ^:)^ I would not be able to do that ahaha, I can’t focus very well.</p>
<p>Guys, I need major help. I start school on Tuesday the 2nd (of September), and I procrastinated a crap load and I have all this to do:</p>
<p>APUSH -
Read “Thomas Jefferson: The Art of War” (I’m at page 80/505)
Write 5-7 Page Essay (double-spaced)
Write 3 one-paragraph Blog Posts on “Guided Questions” (Due 29th)</p>
<p>English -
Read Slaughterhouse Five</p>
<p>AP Biology -
Read 4 chapters and take notes</p>
<p>What do I do?! I’m freaking out, especially about the APUSH assignment because I hate history</p>
<p>Tomorrow we dine in hell folks (For those who are starting junior year tomorrow…)</p>
<p>@Bardinators </p>
<p>Slaughterhouse Five: Sparknotes</p>
<p>TJ AoW: I don’t think it’s on sparknotes, so Wikipedia maybe. or ask for a brief summary from friends.
5-7 pg essay: You’re f’d. BS it, unless you really like your teacher/are contemplating getting a rec from her, in which case BS it in a smart-sounding way + act like you actually know & appreciate what you’re talking about.
3 one-paragraph blog posts: Should be really easy. BS it.</p>
<p>4 ch + notes: If your AP bio textbook is mainstream, you should be able to find notes on it online or sth. Abridge and paraphrase, abridge and paraphrase. If too amoral for you or if you have one of those teachers who give you one of those super obscure books, skim thru the pages & BS it.</p>
<p>So Class of '16-ers. How is junior year coming along, for those who have started?</p>
<p>took ACT prep… biggest mistake ever… the teacher is soooo dumb. he has trouble with similar triangles. </p>
<p>@Almondjoy7 Pretty good actually. I managed to get into the classes I wanted, but I have a problem with Senior year schedule already. Do I do AP Chemistry or S1 Speech/S2 Philosophy (or something else). I really want to do the Speech, but AP Chem really boosts my UK applications. Ugh.</p>
<p>@Woandering Honestly, I think you should go for what you love; don’t force yourself to do something just for the sake of college. If you have a passion for speech, it should shine through your application, and that’s what admissions officers will notice. However, AP Chem will definitely show your ability to challenge yourself… Is there a club for Speech? Maybe you could participate in a Speech club while taking AP Chem. Or maybe take AP Chem first – if you find that it’s not a good fit, you can always change to Speech/Philosophy. AP Chem is verry different from general chemistry. Anyways, good luck with everything!</p>