<p>I will have a year long study hall at school to work on this course if I took it.</p>
<p>Your goal is not appropriate. Do not chase anything like this in your life in a future either. Pursue your personal interests, take anything you wish only if you are going to enjoy it. If you really talk to number one, you will discover that number ones anywhere do not calculate how to get there, they do not even mention such a goal to anybody, it happens to them becuase as I said, they pursue everything that they have a passion for. </p>
<p>My gifted son ended up with a second semester senior year study hall- he ran out of classes he wanted to take. He, however, was being a slacker that year as far as grades were concerned. But- he also ran, was in some academic teams and in Orchestra. If you intend to go to UW-Madison there is plenty of time to get better than AP college coursework there. How about your EC’s? Are you making the most out of them as well?</p>
<p>Check with your guidance counselor- the scholarships may be determined by the end of the first semester’s standings. Perhaps you can check this month before school starts in September (all public schools are required to start in September- law passed awhile back, sigh). </p>
<p>Get a life outside of obsessing with your class rank! No matter what happens to my son he had an enjoyable childhood as well as an academic one. I hope you enjoy your teen years and do not just worry about the future. In college you can always go for the prize or you can learn for its enjoyment. You need to realize that there will always be someone better at something than you are. In life there are no prizes for being valedictorian, no one even cares in college. So far all I see in you is anxiety for the next 9 months as you plot to be first. The competition meanwhile is having a much better life just doing what comes naturally perhaps. Is it worth giving up your senior year to FAIL at being the top student?</p>