I am currently a high school sophomore taking 4 honors classes- honors wind ensemble (on track to take this class for all 4 years of high school plus the 3 years of band in middle school), honors world history (AP US History next year), honors English (AP English next year), and honors math 3 (on track to take calculus next year as a junior) and 2 non honors classes - chemistry (AP Bio or AP Chem next year) and photography as well as a sport - girls golf in the fall and practicing with the boys golf team in the spring, and I’m on track to do this for all 4 years of high school. My extracurriculars include 1st chair trumpet in honors band, golf, NHS (which will provide me with at least 60 hours of community service by the time I graduate), Teen Voice Club, and photography. I currently have a 4.67 GPA and am ranked 9th out of 538 in my class, however as I just added photography to my schedule (a non honors class), I expect it to drop to a 4.5 GPA even if I get all A’s again. I have received the Cougar of the Month Award (our school mascot is a cougar) 3 times, which is an award where we are nominated by our teachers and our name is recognized by our state legislature assembly. I’m also working on an engineering project - building a small-scale hyperloop - for the science fair. I hope to join the CSF (California Scholarship Federation) Club as a junior, start working a summer job, continue taking language classes over the summer to get a bilingual seal on my diploma, become a tutor as a junior, and become a freshmen mentor as a junior. However I am concerned that I am not doing enough for college because one AP class is offered for sophomores at our school, AP European History, and I’m not taking it (I’m taking honors world history instead). I am also worried because I am a female hoping to go into the STEM field, but I shied away from taking honors chemistry because the teacher of that class at our school does not teach. The regular chemistry teacher is outstanding and I’m learning so much, but I don’t get honors credit. I know someone who is taking 2 science classes as a sophomore, one honors and one AP, because apparently you can get into any AP class, even if it’s not for sophomores, if you ask. I also know people who are taking all the honors classes and AP classes that are available as a sophomore, and getting straight A’s. I am extremely stressed as it is so I can’t imagine doing more, but I feel like I don’t do enough. My questions are: am I doing enough for college? are my extracurriculars strong? will being a female hoping to go into the STEM field help me?
I know this post is very long, I’ve been deeply worried about this for a long time, so any (hopefully multiple) serious answers will be greatly appreciated! 