bio,chem,physics for grade 11 alberta plz help
Hi everyone. I am an incoming Year 11 student starting at a STEM school, and I'm TREMENDOUSLY worried about my schedule for next year. This is the schedule I received for sem 1&2:
sem1: bio20/chem20/physics20
sem 2: math20/eng20/chem30/biomed sci
My main concern is balance and durability. I work a part-time job, do volunteering, go to church, and I suppose I can spare 7-8hours a day studying, but I constantly have the fear of those hours not being enough, especially when preparing for finals, and probably 3 tests in one day, etc. I ended Math 10C with a 94, Science 10 with 96, then dropped to a 93, English with an 80, and Social Studies with a 91. Those grades may seem good, but I am the type of person who never cared about school and then suddenly started locking in, so I had to genuinely dedicate my whole day to excel; I also had a pretty light schedule in grade 10, which may be why.
My hope is that I get into engineering, which may also add extra pressure since averages are beyond competitive nowadays, and my main concern is moving forward with this schedule and realizing I made the wrong decision by trying to stack them all at once, only for them to fall apart. I am not afraid to try, but I'm worried about making the wrong decision, since it could affect me a lot, especially since I am also trying to do early admission. And what sucks is that the STEM school requires you to take 7 classes, so I thought taking Bio20 and Chem 30 would be far better than hogging 3 CTF courses, which I find useless all the time.
I don't have older siblings, so I have to find advice and help on my own, and honestly, it really stresses me out. I purposely asked for English in the second semester to practice more, since it's part of the eng prereq. I suddenly got accepted to this STEM school, constantly worrying about my future and grades, and now I'm forever worried about the time schedule I received.
A part of me wants to try it out and suck it up, as i realized from rather a later age in high school that fear and environments were the limitations to my opportunities and experiences I could've taken during youth, but the other part of me lingers to stay comforble, weather that be taking 2 core and focus, which I am able to dedicate more of my time and effort for possibly better results. Plus, I regret not taking any of the 20-level classes in grade 10, and I want to try taking Chem 30 in grade 12; I heard you need to take two maths and so on. I am just afraid of busying my grade 11 too much, so I realized I didn't really need to. If any of you guys have taken all three sciences in one semester, prepared for engineering, taken any of the courses listed above, or have suggestions for modifying the timetable, it would honestly be so helpful to me.
PS. I was also worried about taking Physics 20 before Math 20 just because everyone says so, but I don't know who to listen to anymore since everyone's opinions are so subjective; I'm hearing all sorts of things. ( I was thinking of doing math20,chem20,bio20 for sem1)
Thank you so much to everyone who has taken the time to read and even write a response! Look forward to hearing from you guys :)