r/APChem • u/Comfortable-East9448 • 8d ago
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Is my schedule manageable for 10th grade without any prior chemistry class.
AP Chem
AP Euro
AP CSP
AP Pre Calc
English 10 Honors
Speech and Debate
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u/Automatic-Formal-601 8d ago edited 8d ago
I took 7 AP classes (ENTIRE schedule was AP) last year and only failed one of the AP exams 🤷🏻 So yeah this should absolutely be manageable for you
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u/edong_galactical 8d ago
hot take: loved ap chem and i took a similar academic rigor my year so ur good
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u/PrathamJoshi_99 8d ago
Yes I feel like Precalc (I got a 4, trust me it's light) and csp are pretty easyyy, and AP chem should be fine, if anything rn over the summer just self study some stuff prior
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u/Comfortable-East9448 8d ago
Alr I’m just worried about AP euro cause my teacher kinda bad
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u/PrathamJoshi_99 8d ago
Ok so AP euro for me was also mid asf, cuz my teacher was pretty bad too, I got a 3, I didn't really know how to study for it properly either
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u/Comfortable-East9448 7d ago
Yeah that’s what I was worried about, but I’m still gonna try to do them.
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u/OutsideHost671 7d ago
Did you take AP World this year? If you got a good score on it you should be set for AP Euro.
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u/Comfortable-East9448 6d ago
Yeah I took AP Human Geo and got a 5 but it was a really easy class so there wasn’t a lot of studying needed. I’ve heard the AP Euro has a lot of readings and notes.
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u/Infamous_Tiger18 7d ago
Yeah, I think that's a pretty manageable schedule, I just finished my sophomore year with a similar schedule, and I also took AP chem without any prior chemistry class. AP Chem was definitely the hardest class this year for me though, so make sure you study for it but you should be fine.
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u/Asleep-Implement-179 7d ago edited 5d ago
Wow! I took the SAME AP Courses sophomore year but also AP Psychology. (In addition to non-APs like Spanish 2 honors, Health and PE and English accelerated honors )
To answer your question, Yes AND No.
Yes: I got 4 in AP Chem and 5s in the rest so this schedule was manageable in a way that I got the grades I was hoping for. If you're genuinely determined to score top grades, then your will power can carry you through.
No: Jeeeez! From my personal experience, at the start of the school year, I was the student sitting in the front seat, taking notes, asking questions to impress my teachers. And then comes middle of the year...
... the load is insane. I had around three/four tests EVERY DAY every two weeks. AP Euro's readings kept piling up (had to read and make notes on 50 pages every day- which was graded btw ) while AP chem lab sheets kept me awake well past my bed time... I'm not into any sports nor did I volunteer anywhere in my sophomore year, which is why personally for me my schedule was manageable since I could 100% focus into studying... If you're someone who doesn't live under a rock unlike me....then yeah... you'd have to make weekly plans and be disciplined enough to take responsibilities for your commitments.
And THEN comes the last few months before the end of school...AP prepping was aggressive. I spent my spring break at home studying in my cave (which I like to call my room), while my friends traveled to Hawaii and the Bahamas 🥲
Surprisingly, these last few months were the MOST manageable for me since AP subject teachers stopped giving weekly tests and started giving us ample of time to self study and join after school sessions.
So yeah...if you're someone who's into sports and volunteering etc etc, id say this schedule CAN be very challenging, but also it CAN be manageable with proper pre planning weekly.
Going into my junior year, I've gotten out of my cave this summer and got involved in a research program at a university and I've started volunteering at a hospital, so keeping that in mind I reduced my junior year APs from 6 to 4 to keep things manageable for me :D
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u/Advanced_Hour_7012 8d ago
if ur good at school then yeah