<p>I want to go to a UC college or NYU. I am only a sophomore, but this is what I think my list of courses will look by the end of my senior year.</p>
<p>9th Grade Summer:
Health Education (One semester)</p>
<p>9th Grade:
Honors English
Physcal Education
Biology
Honors World History
Basic Geometry
Spanish 3/4
Orchestra </p>
<p>10th Grade Summer:
Chemistry </p>
<p>10th Grade:
Honors English
Physical Education
AP European History
AP Environmental Science
Algebra II
Spanish 5/6
Intro to Entrepreneurship/Robotics </p>
<p>11th Grade:
AP Language
AP United States History
Physics
Psychology & Counseling Principles
Entrepreneurship/Robotics
FST OR Prob/Stat (I am waiting for a teacher recommendation.)
Spanish 7/8 (Maybe Honors)</p>
<p>12th Grade Summer:
Photography OR a course at community college</p>
<p>12th Grade:
AP Language
AP Econ/Gov
Honors Physiology
Entrepreneurship/Robotics
Spanish 9/10 (Maybe Honors)
Math Analysis
(Maybe Intro to Theater Arts)</p>
<p>***Also if you have any suggestions for me they are most welcome.</p>
<p>“Math analysis” is a name sometimes used in California high schools for precalculus / trigonometry.</p>
<p>It does look like the OP does not like math and science (not taking a math course as a junior, not taking chemistry, and not taking any honors math or science).</p>
<p>ucbalumnus: As a Junior I would probably take FST (function/statistics/trig) and I took Chem the summer before 10th grade. Also, I plan to take honors physiology my senior year and I am taking AP Environmental Science this year.</p>
<p>But it does seem odd that you are in algebra 2 in 10th grade, but won’t reach calculus. Normally, precalculus / trigonometry follows algebra 2 (would be 11th grade for you), and then calculus follows precalculus / trigonometry (would be 12th grade for you).</p>
<p>Of course, if you have no desire to major in anything that requires calculus (which means any science, engineering, economics, or business), then it may be acceptable to stop after precalculus / trigonometry (though taking statistics would be generally useful), unless you are aiming at the most selective universities.</p>
<p>It’s fine, thanks for responding, but the thing is… I want to study business… should I double up in math classes next year so I could get to calculus then?</p>
<p>I don’t know where you attend high school but unless you go to a private high school or one of the top public high schools in the country, its likely your course load will never be ‘rigorous’ enough.</p>
<p>Many of my friends from public school said university was <em>much</em> harder than high school and my friends from Exeter said it was a piece of cake.</p>
<p>My advice: Take hard classes that interest you. Curiosity and intellectual vitality are wonderfully stimulated by a conscious choice to pursue your interests.</p>
<p>jmvldz- “I don’t know where you attend high school but unless you go to a private high school or one of the top public high schools in the country, its likely your course load will never be ‘rigorous’ enough.”
***I go to a public high school ranked in the top 300 in the nation </p>
<p>“My advice: Take hard classes that interest you. Curiosity and intellectual vitality are wonderfully stimulated by a conscious choice to pursue your interests.”
***That’s great advice… thanks. My problem is that I have no idea what my interests are, so I am trying to keep all of the doors open to myself until I find what it is.</p>
<p>tigerash- What do you mean by resources when you said, “yea it does seem like a pretty tough schedule; you should also try to maximize your load with the resources the school provides!”</p>
<p>ucbalumnus- I finally got in touch with my GC and she suggests that I don’t take trig over the summer (I will probably take Creative Writing instead) and that I take FST next year and Math Analysis the year after. What do you think of this? (I guess I can’t double up/she wouldn’t let me…)</p>
<p>There are a lot of private high schools that are not academically elite.</p>
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<p>What is the normal math progression at your high school? At most high schools, students take a trigonometry / precalculus course after algebra 2, then take calculus the year after that if they finish trigonometry / precalculus before senior year.</p>
<p>@honestlyfreaked, i meant that if your high school allows you to take community college classes over the summer (which mine does), you should take it for more knowledge, and also to spend your summer usefully. it also is counted as a weighted course, thus increasing your GPA (you have to combine both the CC transcript, and your HS transcript before sending it to colleges; ask your counselor about that)</p>
<p>@tigerash I have already looked into community college but, I can’t take any courses since I will be out of the country for most of the summer semester due to a family trip I have to go on… anything else I can do? (Thanks for the advice though…)</p>
<p>@ucbalumnus
My school has a very odd math progression…
Basic Geometry/Regular Geometry (FRESHMEN) ------>Algebra II/Advanced Algebra II &Trig (SOPHOMORE) ---->FST/Prob Stat/Math Analysis/Math Analysis Honors (JUNIOR)—>AP Prob Stat/AP Calculus AB/AP Calculus BC (SENIOR)
***what class you take is dependent on what grade you got in math the year before as well as teacher recommendations and standardized testing…the harder the class the better grade/score you are expected to have received the year before.
(sorry for the late reply)</p>