Class Selection ADVICE, Please!

Applying to College
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<p>Hi. Okay so I'm very lost at what direction I should take for my senior year. I'm looking to apply to some of the top universities in the country. Majority are in the top 20.
First I'll post the classes I have taken so far:</p>

<p>Honors:
Latin 1, Latin 2, Latin 3, AP Latin Literature
Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra II, Pre-Calculus, AP Calculus AB
English 9, English 10, AP English Literature
Biology
World History 1, World History 2, AP Government & Politics, AP US History
Drawing and Painting, AP Art Portfolio
Yearbook (3 Years)</p>

<p>Advanced Honors (In between Honors and AP): Chemistry II</p>

<p>Now, I'm a bit confused at what classes I should aim for next year:
These are the following possibilities:</p>

<p>Choice 1: AP Calculus BC, AP European History, AP Art History, AP Physics, AP English, Advanced Art Studies, Yearbook</p>

<p>Choice 2: AP Calculus BC, AP European History, AP Art History, Physics II (Advanced Honors), AP English, AP Art Portfolio, Yearbook</p>

<p>So the difference comes with Art and Physics.
My second question would also be, how important is AP English 12 for my schedule? I like English, but I don't love it, and the AP English 12 is extremely demanding at our school. In fact, I go to an independent school with extremely demanding AP's overall. They are very difficult. The good thing though is we have a 87 percent passing rate, and the national average is 17 percent. My college counsellor is really pushing AP English, because she feels that since I have taken it my Junior Year I should continue it for some of the colleges I am applying to. Also I am fearing if I don't take an AP Science that it will look bad. I mean I have an honors, and then two advanced honors otherwise, but the schools I am applying to are like Princeton, Brown, Stanford, Georgetown, UChicago, etc. </p>

<p>So Please go ahead and post what you think the best schedule would be out of the choices I gave including the decision between regular or AP english. Thanks!!</p>

<p>P.S. If you could post your Junior and Senior year course list, and what schools you got into that would be great advice! thanks again</p>

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<p>I'd say take one art class (whichever one you like more) and either AP Physics or AP English, whichever you like more.</p>

<p>Is that possible?</p>

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<p>AP calculus BC is a whole separate class the next year? That's lame... at our school you either take AB OR BC and then linear algebra the next year if you have more time.</p>

<p>Don't take AP English if you think it's going to stress you out, taking one lower class won't kill you. Take AP Physics and art. M</p>

<p>My advice: Make sure you take at least one class that you look forward to going to every day. It makes senioritis much better and makes you actually want to go to school.</p>

<p>Junior Year Schedule:
AP Biology
Lifeguarding/CPR
Honors French Literature
Philosophy
Honors Pre-Calculus
Honors Band
Viewpoints (gifted program, equivalent to AP history and AP english combined)</p>

<p>Senior Year:
AP Chemistry
Swimming Selective
AP French Literature
AP Psychology
AP Calculus AB
Honors Band
Senior Seminar (gifted class, equivalent to AP English and AP History combined)</p>

<p>Accepted at Whitman, Kenyon, St. Olaf (matriculating here), St. Mary's College of Maryland, University of Pittsburgh, Colorado College. These were my top choice schools- love the little LACs with the awesome professors and fun campuses AND no snobbiness...</p>