I recently posted a schedule for my 10th grade year and got mixed responses. My counselors are telling me that I should not take two AP’S for my sophomore year, but I really want to. I am taking AP European and AP Bio along with three other Honors classes. Is this too much? All of my grades are A+ except for one A so far as a freshman. A smart 10th grader is taking these courses this year and is doing fine so should I take both AP’S as well because I am genuinely interested in each?
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Yeah, saw the edit. Autocorrect is ridiculously annoying. It really depends on how you feel about the APs. If you’re doing well in your freshman courses and have a good work ethic, go for it. And join the Class of 2019 thread!
In my experience, there’s really no such thing as a definite number of APs you should be taking. I know people who can barely handle two, and people who barely study and get As with five.
From what I’ve heard, AP Euro and AP Bio are both pretty difficult, but your grades right now are amazing, so if you’re willing to work hard and put a good amount of time in to study, I say go for it!
I think you should do it because you seem to have a good work ethic and your grade shows it. However I believe you should ask upper classmen for advice before jumping to conclusions. Counselors generally say to not put so much stress so think about how much you could handle on your own.
People on this forum often forget that it is an amazing advantage to get some of the “busy work” and “memorization” AP classes (APUSH, Bio) over with in the first two years of high school so that they have extra time in the last two years and can take more interesting lighter workload classes (like Chem and Gov) as upperclassmen. I took 4 APs including Bio and Pre Calc as a sophomore and got straight As and 5s on the AP exams. You can totally do it!