Too heaby load for Sr. year?

hillbillie
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:25:41 +0000

I haven’t talked to D about it, but it dawns on me that the courses available (logically) for her to take in sr. year are all APs, except for orchestra. She has an option of taking 5 APs + Orchestra or 6 APs + Orchestra.

5 AP path: AP Eng., AP Stat, AP Env Sci (required), AP Gov, AP Japanese (No physics in HS career)

6 AP path: Same above + AP Physics C

She could take honors physics in the second option but it will be a let down for her since she took AP Chem in 10th grade and AP Bio this year. Another possibility is to downgrade AP English to an honor course in either option. Considering the college application process, among other things, I think 5 APs or 6 APs is overkilled. On the other hand, AP English is such an important course to skip! How did your sr. students handle it? Thanks!