Should D23 drop HLatin after 2 years to allow for an APChem Jr year? Has A+ in HChem(F) & HBio(S) & is required to take HPhys (J). Course sched won’t allow for 2 languages & APChem jr year.
She’d like to continue 4yrs HLatin & take AP. But wouldn’t be able to take APChem until Sr year. Will that look like she’s taking the easy way out? ED/EA schools won’t see grade in APChem.
To clarify: she is currently taking Latin + another FL? And the idea is to do both honors physics & AP chem in Jr year?
One lab science a year is typical- not sure how not doing two is ‘taking the easy way out’. If she is aiming for super competitive colleges tell her to check with her GC to ensure that keeping the Latin / doing chem
Senior year still puts her in the same rigor category. If yes, let her choose the on that appeals to her most.
Totally her choice. Colleges give no brownie points for taking AP Chem junior year vs senior. Nor is doubling up in FL necessary for colleges.
It’s fine for her to take AP chem in senior year. Does she want to continue the two FL classes? If so, she should. I strongly advise against trying to double up in two AP science classes, which will have labs. It will be hard to get top grades in both and she runs the risk of getting low grades in both, which is not good, of course. There is no “deduction of points” in the app for taking AP chem as a senior. She will submit her current grades and they will ask for an update as needed.
She will have 4 years of French & take the AP. That would be in addition to 4 years of Latin & that AP. I’m hearing that “all the colleges know Latin is an easy A” and rigor is more important to the highly selective schools. Her UW GPA is 4.0 and W is 4.58. Her preference would be to stick with Latin.
Then taking Latin 4/AP junior year and AP chemistry senior year makes sense. She will get to AP level in two languages, plus have an AP science as her fourth year of science after the basic three (biology, chemistry, and physics). Is there anything wrong with that?
All colleges certainly do not know (or even assume) this.
Then there’s your answer