<p>what are the courses students genarally do in grade11. IS it the APs or o-levels. is it ok to do the APs in senior year.If so, How many can u do??</p>
<p>Talk to your gc about taking the most rigorous schedule possible and then determine if you can do well given the workload.</p>
<p>I am not sure what o levels are.</p>
<p>The most important thing is to do well in whatever courses are scheduled.</p>
<p>In the U.S., there isn't one single standard curriculum for 11th graders. What a kid takes depends on a number of factors, including (a) the requirements of the state in which he or she goes to school, (b) the school and what it offers, (c) local customs in the specific community, (d) the kid's interests, and (e) what the kid's ambitions are with respect to college.</p>
<p>Almost every state and school requires four years of English, three or four years of math, and three years of science to graduate from high school, so most 11th graders will be taking an English (literature and writing) course, a math course (usually pre-calculus, but some students are more advanced and some will be taking Algebra II), and a laboratory science (science sequences vary in the U.S., so this could be Physics, Biology, or Chemistry). Also, it's very common for kids to take U.S. History in 11th grade, and many (but not all) kids who want to go to selective colleges will be continuing with a foreign language. That's 5 courses, which is all some kids take; others may have one or two additional courses (or may not be taking the history, language, or science course). These are often art or music related, but could also be things like economics or psychology. Students in an IB program take a course in scholarly methodology called Theory of Knowledge.</p>
<p>Within that general framework, many schools (except for the most exclusive private schools) offer as many as four (but usually not that many) different levels of a particular subject: normal, college prep, honors, and AP (or IB). Students who intend to go to college will be taking all of their courses at at least the college prep level, and those who want to attend a selective college will generally be trying to take all or most of their courses at an honors or AP level. This varies a lot by school and by kid. Some schools offer lots of AP courses, others very few. Furthermore, only the most confident students are usually willing to take all their courses at the highest level possible; most of the kids heading towards selective colleges take some AP courses and some other courses so that the workload doesn't overwhelm them or conflict with other things (like sports, or music) they may be doing.</p>
<p>And, to add to the confusion, some students may be taking a course or two at a local community college. This is especially common for students who are advanced in math and have gone through the high school's math program already, or those who are advanced in a foreign language.</p>
<p>Roughly speaking -- VERY roughly speaking -- "college prep" courses will correspond to preparation for British style O level exams, and APs/IBs correspond to the A levels. But that varies a lot by school.</p>
<p>The most selective colleges (like Harvard, Yale, Berkeley, Amherst), when they evaluate applicants, care a lot about whether the students have challenged themselves in high school by taking the highest-level courses available to them. So students ambitious to attend those schools usually try to make certain they are doing that. Colleges that are selective, but not among the 20 or 30 most selective colleges, also care about that, but are a little less picky. This includes most "flagship" public universities. So students headed in that direction will feel more free not to take all their courses at the AP level.</p>
<p>I didn't remember before that you were also asking about MIT in another thread. Just to be clear, MIT is very much in the "most selective college" category. Also, although over the past few years MIT has cared more about candidates' abilities in language and social studies than some people think is appropriate, it cares most about science and math, and it would be especially important for an applicant to show that he or she has done everything he or she can to take advantage of the opportunities in the home community to study those things at a high level.</p>
<p>Just as an unrelated tip, you'll get more replies to your messages if you will title them with something that helps the reader know what your message will be about. For instance, you could have titled this message, "What courses for Grade 11? Hope this helps!</p>