<p>So I was think about this as a result of some of the posts on HallMLuke's thread "Do We on CC Take Ourselves Too Seriously?" I was wondering, when given the option do you guys tend to pick classes that you think will look good or classes that you will enjoy?</p>
<p>I was put in the situation when I signed up for classes a few months ago and had to decide between AP Bio (as a second science class) or yearbook. I ended up picking the class I would enjoy more (I love bio, but I decided it would be too much with honors physics) yearbook.</p>
<p>When picking classes, you should pick a class where it straddles both your enjoyment and rigor. For example, if you have an undying love for english, you should take the highest english class for your current grade level, such as AP English Lit if you’re a senior.</p>
<p>I pick classes that challenge me, but are also ones that I will enjoy. I really like most sciences, so I take classes like AP Chemistry and AP Biology. But, I hate physics, so I’m not taking AP Physics.</p>
<p>Well, each year I get to pick 5 academic classes and 2 electives. I pick the hardest academics (all honors/ap) and some fun electives, band and music theory. However, since music theory lasts till 11th grade, I have another elective in 12th. So i’ll use that for another ap class, even though I would enjoy taking an art class more, I want to get as much college credit as possible.</p>
<p>Well I just take my required classes and then classes I may have to take in college for example, I may major in psychology so I’m taking prob and stats so I have some knowledge of it as well as AP Psych. Luckily for me, my school is a vocational high school so I get experience in the fields I am interested in. A class that I enjoy and will look good is my elective class- teens and tots. I plan on majoring in early childhood education (maybe double in psychology) and my teens and tots class is a Pre-k center for the community- We do small group activities; make lesson plans, etc. So that class is both enjoyable (I mean who doesn’t like playing with kids) and it gives me real world experience.</p>
<p>I always pick things that I like. Any class can be at a higher level so I don’t have to worry about them being too easy or whatnot. I decided not to take AP Bio and Spanish though, but I was happier with my alternative choices (plus, the AP’s would break my lovingly-crafted schedule of awesomeness). I like all of my classes, though.</p>
<p>Generally, I choose classes I enjoy. YOLO, carpe diem, and all that. Occasionally that coencides with AP classes (AP Environmental, AP Englishes, AP US). Occasionally, it means taking classes that “hurt” my GPA (Theatre is a standard class for the first 2 years, as is Speech & Debate). The one time I let academic interests override whether or not I would be interested in the class (AP Chemistry), I received a low grade and had a miserable experience.</p>
<p>I pick ALL AP classes because I just LOVE them so much. AP classes are like my passion. AP FOR THE WIN!!!</p>
<p>Not really, but I will say that I end up taking a fair number of ap because for the core, required classes like English and history I have to take ap or else I would be bored out of my mind. The rest I fill with ap science courses since I really like science. So I guess it works out.</p>
<p>Why must they be mutually exclusive?</p>
<p>I actually like the more challenging classes and learning a lot. But in middle school I took an intro to Physics class and despised it. In 10th grade I decided to take Honors Physics and loved it! So I guess both. The harder classes are MORE interesting to me</p>
<p>I like honors classes, but at the same time I really like art classes and at my school we only have six periods. In the end (I sort of mentioned before) I decided I would take honors/AP for my core subjects and then yearbook as opposed to an extra AP. I agree they don’t need to me mutually exclusive, but at the same time I feel like we feed balance in our life.</p>
<p>Harder classes tend to interest me more, just because I end up learning more and I take it as a challenge upon myself to excel. Honors Physics wasn’t very enjoyable, but that’s mainly because I didn’t care as much. I’m taking AP Physics because I want to give it a shot (and since I’ll need to take it in college anyways…).</p>