So next year I’ll be taking
-Advanced 3D
-Honors Pre calc
-Honors Spanish 4
-AP english 3
-AP psych
Now I need 2 more classes to fill my schedule since I have 7 classes for the whole year. I want to double up on sciences but I’m not sure which ones. I really want to take AP chem and AP bio since I want to do something with biochemistry in the future. problem is I have to have a credit of earth science which means I could either take APES or honors earth science. Right now I’m thinking of doing AP chem and honors earth science because I don’t know if taking both APES and AP chem at the same time will be too much. I’m just not sure if taking honors earth science will look bad when applying to college. I plan on taking AP bio senior year along with physics. Any advice???
Earth science is an obsolete class to take excluding freshman. I am surprised you’re forced to. If you mean environmental science take the AP because that’s a free credit you don’t need for college. You’ll just have to take the course again in college and spend more money and maybe miss a chance on something you want to take but don’t have enough time.
@chelseaparra: APES is relatively easy. However, combining AP Chem and AP Bio the same year is a recipe for disaster, because those are among the most time consuming AP’s. My advice to you would be to take AP Chem junior year and AP Bio+APES senior year (in addition, there’s some overlap between the two), or AP Bio+ APES this year and AP Chem alone senior year.
When you say “physics”, which call do you mean (honors chem, Ap physics 1, Ap physics C?)
@nocontest: Err… Earth Science (Geology) is a very important, current field, - especially for future engineers at schools of Mines and Technology. Of course it can be taught at the HS freshman level but it can also be taught at a "much) higher level. Calling it “obsolete” is a bit… misguided.
APES rarely gets college credit except at midtier/lower tier colleges - you shouldn’t take AP classes for the credit, because the higher you go in selectivity, the more AP classes is the default preparation expected and thus will not grant you special credit. In addition, many students take AP classes to prepare for college, since it’s a stretched-out college class - same content, but instead of 3-4 hours of class for 15 weeks, you get 5 hours for 40 weeks. Many students in College Bio, College Chem, College Calculus 101 have already taken the AP class and not taken the credit because they want a sound foundation. Of course, students who don’t plan on majoring in stem take the credit to free up space for classes in their areas of interest.