*AP Language and Composition
*AP Statistics
*AP ???
Trigonometry/Precalculus
*Java Certification in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Personal Finance & Web Pages
Phys Ed 4/Health 4
I want to take one more AP to challenge myself but I’m not sure if I should take AP Psychology or AP Government and Politics. The only reason I would take AP Gov is because I’m interested in it because I took APUSH as a Junior. However, AP Psych is another option. I guess it would compliment with my AI class but I don’t really know. It seems like an interesting class. However, the course load in my school is much more in Psych than in Gov. I also can’t take AP Calculus because I wasn’t that great at Math in middle school and I’m stuck on the regular math course. Therefore, I’m taking AP Statistics as well in addition to Trig/Precalc to challenge myself. I’m not too strong with Physics or Chemistry so I’m deciding not to take those AP sciences, plus it’s kind of too late to get put into those at my school. I don’t want to overload myself either so I decided 3 APs would be enough for me. Gym is required for all 4 years at my school. I also have to take a buisness class as it is required to graduate so that’s why Personal Finance is in there. I’m interested in pursuing a computer related major when I go to college. I already took APCSA as a sophomore. My other options are APES or AP Spanish.
AP Gov is a better choice since you’re worried AP psych is going to be too hard… And generally AP Psych is considered one of the easier APs. So, taking AP gov would give you an interesting and relevant class in an election year (join a state/local/ primary national campaign to complement it ) + the benefits of an easier class that is actually considered stronger academically!
In terms of majors, stay away from pure CS as it requires a lot of math (and, if in College of engineering, physics and such). Focus on MIS, or IST. To get a good overview of these majors, check out Penn State college of IST or University of Cincinnati Information tech. Both degrees require technological know-how but require less math and have very good professional outcomes.
English: *AP Language and Composition
Math: Precalc/Trig
Science: Have you taken Bio, chem and Physics? If so, and you don’t want AP Bio/chem/phys then what about AP Environmental Science? Colleges want to see 4 years of science.
Social Studies: Personal Finance & Web Pages
Foreign lang: Have you gotten to level 4?
So for AP classes…dont’ just take them because they are APs.
AP Stats…I would only take that is you think you would use it in college.So you could also take
AP Psych or AP Gov based on what is more interesting to your.
I’m taking AP Lang for the English credit in college and AP Statistics because I’ll most likely need to take that in college as well. As for science, I’ve taken Honors Biology, Honors Chemistry, and Honors Physics. However, my math skills aren’t that great and I don’t feel confident in taking AP Chemistry or AP Physics. Bio isn’t really related to my field of study. I was thinking about taking AP Environmental but I heard it’s a joke class at my school and I’ve read online that many colleges don’t really seem to care about it. I only had Gov in mind because I’m interested and still wanted some rigor on my course. Should I take environmental?
) + the benefits of an easier class that is actually considered stronger academically! 