Ok here’s my schedule. I’m kinda bummed that I can only take 3 APs.
AP chem
AP lang
AP calc AB
Hn Physics
Hn french 4
Hn US history
church history(required)
@dsi411 I reckon you’re not doing the IB Diploma? Regardless, it looks pretty rigorous.
I’m laughing-- I’m only taking one AP next year!
H. English 11
H. Latin IV
US History
AP Chem
Multivariable Calculus
Linear Algebra & Differential Equations at a nearby college (if all goes according to plan).
Sculpture. because you’ve got to love those arts graduation requirements.
Of course, the only change that could be made is taking APUSH (we don’t have AP Lang, Latin IV is a pre-req for AP, and post-AP math is, well, post-AP), but I’m so not up for that-- at my school, it’s more trouble than it’s worth.
@SirSly No, I am doing the IB diploma. At my school you don’t have to take all IBs to get the diploma, as long as you do 3 HLs and 3 SLs. And some APs count for IB year 1s, for example, AP Bio is HL Bio year 1 and AP Calc BC is HL Math Year 1 at my school.
My schedule:
AP Calculus BC
AP Physics 1
AP Chemistry
Honors English 11 (weighted)
Spanish 4 (DE/weighted) OR Journalism
US History
Marching Band (first semester only)
Except now my cousin (who’s really, really smart) is scaring me about my course choices (namely taking Physics and Chem together). However, I want to take Physics C senior year, so I have to take Physics 1 junior year, which means I’d have to take Physics and Chem together one year. I’m probably still going to stick with this, but it’s supposed to be very difficult… I wish I could take APUSH, but with Marching Band, that wouldn’t be feasible for me.
@topaz1116 AP Physics 1 isn’t bad at all. especially if you have prior physics experience. Even if you don’t, its half of AP Physics B (which I’m assuming is what your cousin took) and isn’t bad at all.
The difficulty of AP Physics 1 can vary greatly based on the teacher.
@topaz1116 Calculus, chem, and physics all in the same year is an amazing idea! (no sarcasm) They can all be useful for one another. Especially physics and calculus.
You guys would totally think I’m crazy if I told you my schedule… hahahaha
@SallyStephens Probably not, I’ve heard a lot of crazy schedules here on College Confidential.
I’m currently in Calc BC and Physics C and they work /really/ nicely together-- they’re totally intertwined. I’m guessing that Physics 1 would have much less of the “oh, that’s how math/the world works!” but each would probably still complement the other.
I’ve been really productive this weekend. I now am ahead in my schoolwork!
@SallyStephens I’m interested in seeing your schedule. Please tell us about it! 
@Faultystart Haha, I guess you can say that your week isn’t on… a faulty start! (Ba-dum-tss)
Wow I wish my school offered IB classes, you guys are so lucky. 
We offer the most AP classes out of any school in our district, though.
My cousin is taking Physics 1, actually; and the teachers haven’t changed their course material from B to 1. Physics is very hard at my school–except for Bio (if you get the easy teacher), Stats, and Psych, all of our AP classes are extremely hard. I go to a very, very competitive high school (like, most NMSFs in the state) and stuff, so there’s that.
I’m really worried about math right now. I’ve been doing really badly on tests and quizzes lately. It’s not that I don’t understand the material–I’m the one who goes up to the board to explain the stuff, the one who people direct their questions to. However, whenever I take a test or quiz, I start getting really demoralized halfway through and I can’t think properly or make connections. I don’t know what it is, and it hasn’t really affected me in any other class (although I have become much slower at Chemistry tests lately). I got one of the lowest scores in the class on my last test, and I feel really horrible. On top of that, my dad thinks it’s my extracurriculars that are lowering my grades and is threatening to pull me out of them.
@topaz1116 If they haven’t changed the curriculum then it would definitely be a lot of work- no matter what the teacher/class is like the sheer amount of material that needs to be covered would be a lot. At my school there were seniors and sophomores taking the AP Physics and the seniors that had the math background had an easier time, but obviously that would vary from school to school. I would talk to other students who have also taken it and see if there is extra work you could do over the summer to make it a little easier, at least in the beginning for yourself. As for the other stuff, like you said you know the material its just during test you get panicked. This happens to me a lot, and something that would help me is getting up just to get a tissue or something for a minute to take a breath and get away from the test. Then when I sat down, if I still didn’t know the question, I would either skip it or turn the test over and do it from the back to the front, allowing me to calm myself and slowly think through things. Don’t feel horrible about a couple of test scores, the top kid in my grade got a 67 on his last math test and the class average was a 94, so it happens to the best of us. If your dad thinks its extracurriculars, make sure he sees you studying and that despite extracurriculars you still are studying hard so even if you do poorly he has seen you put a lot of effort into studying for it.
@topaz1116 I have the same problem on pre calc. I get really nervous before the test even though I know it and make silly mistakes. Just take a couple deep breaths or bring a water bottle to the test if your teacher allows it.
My schedule for next year is:
AP Calc AB
AP Bio
AP English Lang
Keep in mind my school has no honors classes 
World History
Spanish 4
PLTW Human Body Systems
PLTW Medical Interventions
I really wanted to take AP World but i don’t think I could handle it with the other 3 AP classes.
Haha it’s supposed to be second semester that gets really hard in all three classes, though. One kid who is probably the most likely out of all the seniors to be successful (accepted to Harvard EA, ASB president, high ranking state DECA officer, officer for like 5 clubs) barely scraped a B- in second semester Calc BC junior year. My cousin barely scraped an A- in AP Chem second semester junior year. I’ll probably still take them, but it’s going to be a difficult year…
@topaz1116 Good luck…
@greeneggsandsam9 Your school doesn’t have any Honors classes? How come?
@The5458Captain Our previous superintendent was involved with special ed before becoming superintendent. She took away all the honors classes to make everything “more equal”. She also removed many AP classes like APUSH, Physics and Chemistry. We have a new superintendent now who is trying to get honors classes and AP classes reinstated, but it won’t happen until I am out of high school. I hope this doesn’t hurt me when I apply for colleges 
Are you guys planning on taking the new or old SAT? I was going to take a prep class over the summer for the old one and then take it in September or October. If I don’t do well, I will take it again in January before the College Board phases out the old SAT. Is this a good strategy?