I'm going to need a bigger backpack.

Just when you think you've got your routines down, your desk set up, all your studying ready to go...then, boom! AP Chemistry lands in your life.

Worth it? Yes - just take a look at any college's AP credit page, and then think for a minute about just how big a classroom (auditorium?) would have to be to hold the 300-550 students in an intro chem class.

Bigger backpack. More pizza.

Senior. Like the sound. Now for the reality.

A class period off. Off campus privileges for lunch. Reserved parking space. Prom. All good, right?

College applications, essays, decisions, visits.

And then there's the work, the classes, the tests, the homework.

Pacing is all. Ok, sleep too. Maybe breakfast.