So for my senior year I’ve had issues choosing my schedule as I want to take so many classes and I’m scared is gonna be too hard.
This are the classes:
AP Biology (Most difficult class in my HS; PRIORITY)
AP Statistics (Hard for me)
AP Art History (A lot of work, but I WANT to make it so much)
AP Macro/AP Gov (idk, i guess “easy” , dont want to take it but its a requirenet)
AP English Lit (medium difficulty)
AP Environmental Science (easy but a lot of work)
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I dont think i can do all those classes at house and idk what to do. which one should i drop out? I could do Macro/Gov Honors in the summer but i think that looks bad and i think APES looks good as I want to major in bio and I don’t have any other AP Science classes…And I really want to learn Art History.
Drop Art History and take it in college. Six APs is insane and you should challenge yourself as a senior, but do you really want to end high school with no time at all and miss out on living before you’re an adult?
Ap Stats doesn’t “look good for college apps”, so take regular stats.
You already have AP Bio, so drop APES. (Note however that currently the Biology major has one of the lowest ROI’s out there, due to the oversupply of premeds who don’t make it into any med school.) Have you taken one year each of bio, chem, and physics at any level?
Take Honors English or Senior English instead of AP Lit.
Do you have level 4 in a foreign language?
NEW SCHEDULE
AP Biology
Statistics
AP Art History
AP Macro/AP Gov
Honors English
Foreign Language 4
AP CS Principles or APES or another college prep science class
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@MYOS1634 I see the recommendation to skip AP English Lit a lot here on CC. I wonder why? Often by taking AP Eng Comp & AP Eng Lit and scoring > 4 (sometimes a 3) many students can skip their entire “core” English requirements in college.
OP I would suggest never to take an AP class because you “think it looks good” for an admissions app. An all AP course load is not necessary unless you are trying for a ranking spot for HS graduation and that is what all of you HS peers are taking. But, generally speaking, being in the top 10% is sufficient to prove your rigor.
I would drop APES, unless you have a burning interest in environmental science. I’d pick AP Physics or AP CS over APES.
I’d take AP Stats if you have not taken AP Calc AB, particularly if you are thinking about a liberal arts degree where you will need to take Stats (ie psychology, sociology etc). Only take AP Econ/AP Gov if it is going to get you out of something in college.
Check the AP acceptance charts for a few of the colleges that you are thinking about before you commit to anything, you may be surprised what you can and cannot get credit for ultimately. Although I totally understand taking the AP classes just for the “enviroment”…7 just seems like overkill to me!
If you haven’t taken precalc, then precalc should be your senior year math. If you have taken precalc already, then between calc and stats for senior year, consider calc unless there is a reason you are avoiding it.
@labegg: because few coleges give credit for both, especially colleges that have one Freshman Composition class and one later “Major-related Composition class” requirement. AP Literature is a great class that should be considered a mandatory pre-req for future Humanities majors, but is reading-intensive and it requires great analytical skills. It’d be really hard to combine AP Lit with a STEM-heavy schedule. At the most selective colleges, neither AP Lang nor AP Lit bring credit but either one will provide with sufficient writing skills to handle freshman seminars.
I agree that if OP has not taken Precalculus, then that should be his/her senior math class, not Statistics/AP Stats. @evergreen: a student who considers that AP Stats is going to be their hardest class along AP Bio is likely not ready for calculus.
@Myos1634 Thanks! It seems dependant on the schools a student is considering for sure! Hopefully students will take the time to look at some of their potential schools’ AP credit charts!