<p>I am currently a freshman in high school and I really want to attend an Ivy League school or something close to them. I have always been a straight A student and in my first semester of freshman year I got A's. I am highly competitive in a sport so I don't have time for all the AP classes offered, such as the AP English classes. But please tell me if this is a good schedule that will help me look appealing:</p>
<p>Freshmen:
English 1 Honors
Biology Honors
Geometry Honors
Algebra2/Trig Honors
Spanish 1
Theology (I have to take theology every year I go to my school)</p>
<p>Sophomore:
AP World History
English 2 Honors
Chemistry Honors
Precalc BC
Spanish 2
Theology</p>
<p>Junior:
AP US History
AP Calc BC
AP Chem
English 3 Honors
Spanish 3 Honors
Theology</p>
<p>Senior:
AP Physics
AP Stats
English 4 Honors
Some basic computer class first sem, AP US Gov second sem
Photography (needed for art credit)
Theology </p>
<p>You’re a freshman. Don’t stress about getting into an Ivy just yet–they’re crapshoots for anyone. But your schedule does look quite rigorous (although maybe AP English senior year? AP Gov isn’t that rigorous and you’ll have a basic class first semester; and AP Stats is also considered pretty easy). </p>
<p>I think that taking AP English would be to your advantage, showing that you can balance multiple AP classes (which you will do in college) while hopefully competing competitively.</p>
<p>I don’t know much about whether or not that this is a good or not good enough schedule, but I can tell you that I think you could add a bit rigor to it. Of course, it also depends on whether or not you can handle it, your school, how many APs/Honors classes are offered.</p>
<p>What sport do you play?</p>
<p>Last word of advice, from what I have learned on CC, there is no set guideline that will make you look “appealing”</p>
<p>Better schools are moving away from AP courses. No surprise that it turns out that they share little with actual college classes. So they are similar to honor classes that most schools offered before they bought a bill of goods and they are less formulaic. When colleges say they want to see rigor and see that you have challenged yourself and see that you have taken the most rigorous classes they don’t mean they want to see that you took every AP class offered. They also want you to use common sense while not sacrificing rigor. That does not mean you have to prove you can take every AP offered. Instead, take rigorous courses that make sense for you. Don’t feel compelled to do exactly what everyone else is doing. It also may make sense for you to carve out an academic niche for yourself-like if you are good at math and science, load up on those in an effort to learn at the highest level possible in those areas. Don’t apply some sort of “I want an IVY” CC template. This is the only high school experience you will have. Don’t listen to posts that micro-analyze your every class and deem it not good enough. </p>