<p>My son who is a junior participates in orchestra, and it counts for one elective per trimester. Since he is on a trimester system, orchestra counts for three electives per year!
He then takes five classes per trimester. He will graduate with 9 AP/Honors classes which I feel is enough for him. Participating in music has actually changed his field of study, as initially he wanted to study programming, but is now considering Sound Design.</p>