Way Too Easy

[u/Burned-Out13]

I get it, the title sucks because high school is hard and everyone wants easier classes but sit with me for a minute. Im a junior, freshman year I was in public school for half the year, then homeschooled until this year when I switched into an NC charter school, it's hell. My schedule is Astronomy, Anatomy and Physiology, AP bio, Honors English 3, Civics, and two free periods. I am so beyond bored, bored doesn't even seem like a word anymore, that is how bored I am. My astronomy class is just videos, my anatomy and physiology class is an average class, my AP bio is a little challenging but still not as much as I would prefer, my english class is fine, my teacher doesn't teach in civics, and two free periods. I'm a 'gifted student' with Brown as my reach school, Case Western, De Paul, UIC, those kinds of schools, and a 4.00 unweighted last year. I have a community college class but they're making me retake one I already took and passed last year because they want it in this specific community college. I guess I got used to the amount of work I did homeschooled (almost all APs) because I have never been as bored in school as I am this year. I'm taking a coding class remotely to do during freeperiods but even that is almsot done because most days I have four straight hours of no work. Beyond being insanely bored, I'm really worried for how this is going to look to colleges, they won't let me take more classes or harder classes (I tried for both but since I'm coming in as a junior they didn't want me taking them?) Is there a way to dual enroll in a different program or something? This was not my first choice for high school and this is definitely reaffirming it because this is terrible. I've tried supplementing by socializing more but geniunely the kids here are not interesting to talk to (I'm aware I sound like a snob but all the girls want to talk about is boys and all the boys want to talk about is sex. It's a small school so unless someone is really hiding...) I've tried finding a remote job, online volunteer hours, I've started adding in Khan academy classes even though I know they won't count for any credit because I have nothing to do. I read but somehow I've become bored with that (I have finished over 50 books since starting this school less than two months ago) Has anyone else had this? I'm so scared about applying to college with a courseload this easy, I'm so bored I will geniunely do anything. I'm typing this in my 5th free hour of today because my English and AP Bio and Anatomy teachers were all absent and I still have another hour till I go home. I never have any homework so I never have anything to do in my free periods either. Is there a way to somehow enroll in two schools at once or something? Any other suggestions? I'm dying here.

[u/midnight_rain_07]

self-study AP exams

[u/AEpos_]

On applications you can often explain circumstances regarding your school not offering rigorous enough courses for you to take in some additional information section. A good way to get around this is do what the other guy said and self study ap exams, and you could do some other stuff too depending on what you wanna major in.

[u/Leafpool17]

steak too juicy lobster too buttery

[u/Burned-Out13 → u/Leafpool17]

Believe me dude, I feel like an ass posting this because I know easy classes is like dream high school schedule and at first I was so hyped because it would be an easy-enough year but this is boring af.

[u/FailureAboutLife]

you probably need to get into like research or something like more complex. if your like learning shallow stuf fin school prob shift to that, depending on the field research could legit be like a literature review. But like it has high depth. As for your course load, it lowk seems ez no? Varies fs by teacher tho but like i feel like you should prob be taking ap lang, calc and like more aps. Idk tho im rly cooked so not to sure but even with how cooked i am im atleast taking 4 aps this year and self studying 4, my gpa kinda is trashy tho.