u/More_Knowledge5771

So, I'm taking AP Bio, APES, and AP CSP along with other classes and extracurriculars, but my APES teacher gives us previous FRQs randomly to prep us for the AP. While I don't have an issue with this and appreciate it, the FRQs are worth a large portion of our grade, and she grades them a little harder than College Board would (which is what she said). People who have taken both AP Bio and APES at my school say APES is harder to do well in than AP Bio, simply because of how harshly the practice FRQs were graded. I'm not struggling to get As or understand the concepts in AP Bio or CSP, and I had the discipline to read the textbooks, review notes, practice myself, etc.

At this rate, I'll end up with just a B in APES, which I'm not saying is a bad thing, but would colleges really care when I apply to them during my senior year? Is there something I could do for them to recognize the difficulty, or would they even care?

I plan to take these 2 AP classes, along with others, during my junior year simultaneously. But I'm thinking to myself, and people talk about how Physics C requires calc, but Physics C might use calc concepts before they're taught in Calc BC. Is it realistic to take AP Calc BC and AP Physics in the same year? Is it going to be significantly harder than if I were to take Calc BC first, then Physics C the next year?

The previous year, I took AP Physics 1 and Honors Math Analysis before taking these two classes.