<p>I’m a senior and very busy. First of all, I have 3 AP classes. AP government, AP Literature and AP Psychology. AP government will take me anywhere from half an hour to 3 to complete. And that’s not including the difficult essays I have to write for the class. AP lit is usually about an hour to 2. And it’s hard because of the analyzing. AP psychology isn’t hard homework, it’s just defining vocab but it’s so time consuming and I have to write so much. I have tendonitis in my wrist and it always hurts so bad. On top of that, I am in band and need to somehow find time to practice. I am also a runner so I’m always training. Also, I am very involved in my church so I have to find time for that. I usually get to bed about 11. How can I more effectively manage my time and reduce my stress? I’m also studying for the SAT which I’m taking in November. </p>
<p>Honestly, don’t know if you can have all that without dropping something. Its hard enough to balance 3 APs, let alone church, studying, running, and dealing with tendonitis. I think that if you really want to have less stress you just need to cross something off of that list. Sorry…</p>
<p>@fishycracker If it becomes too serious, drop AP Psychology. This AP class is one of the most popular classes to self-study, if not the most. It’s skills are basically micro AP Biology, solely based on memorization (edit: with very very very little math, don’t forget the statistics). Although it could be tedious with all of the vocabulary, your treatment and arguably high school experience are much more important. </p>
<p>If it still goes to far somehow, drop AP English Literature; don’t self-study the Lit test though, self-study the Lang test since it is much easier and goes towards the same credit usually (I would check your desired college just to be sure). </p>
<p>Good luck, edge it through…you still have this year left and then it’ll be fine.</p>
<p>Dropping anything is simply not an option. I have a huge commitment to my church and running and music is everything to me. I could drop AP Lit but only at 2nd semester. Once cross country is over, I’ll have more time on Saturdays, especially since I’ll have the SAT out of the way. But for right now, I hardly have any time.</p>
<p>My school is also limited in options so I’m pretty sure they don’t have self study. And I’m going into clinical psychology so I can’t drop that. </p>
<p>Dang, thats rough. Looks like you’ll just have to tough it out…if you can’t drop AP Lit till the 2nd semester I don’t see a reason to drop it at all. As far as cutting down time for HW, is there any time during the school day that you have for work. 3 hrs of AP Gov HW is A LOT. You can also try and find other students to collectively do homework as well, that’ll make it go faster. </p>
<p>Study smarter not harder.</p>
<p>I thought AP Government was only 1 semester? </p>
<p>@tacoperson123 It depends on the school, most places AP Gov seems to be 1 semester but at my school it’'s a full year.</p>