<p>I am currently a junior taking these courses:</p>
<p>-AP Calculus BC
-AP Chemistry
-AP US History II
-Italian 3 Honors
-American Literature Honors
<em>Took AP Stats last year</em></p>
<p>Next year my options are:</p>
<p>Math: Calculus III and Differentials Adv. Honors (standard), Advanced Topics (elective)
Science: AP Biology, AP Physics, AP Environmental Science
English: AP English Literature and Composition, regular honors selections
Language: Italian 4 Honors, AP Italian
History: AP European History, AP U.S. Gov. Pol., AP Comparative Gov. Pol.</p>
<p>At this point I am thinking of taking Calc III and Differentials, AP Environmental Science, AP Italian, and AP Euro, without taking AP English Lit and Comp. If I want to apply to top universities like Dartmouth and Duke, should I change anything about this plan?</p>
<p>General Psychology
Statistical Methods
English 102
Spanish 101
Intro to Computers.</p>
<p>I’ll be in college next year. I have a full ride to my Community College.</p>
<p>^I know that sounds embarassing, but I’m jumping on it!</p>
<p>I’d take AP lit if i were you.
Also, you might want to double up… maybe on science?</p>
<p>Math: Calculus III
Science: AP Physics. Even regular Physics is worth more than APES because APES is essentially memorization and rationality. People can take the AP for Enviro Science without even taking the course because it is all so basic. As for Bio, it is a lot of memorization and you will hardly use it unless you wish to major in it. If you can handle the work, AP Physics is much more useful and looks much better on a college application because of its rigor. It would also be useful since you are good at Calculus. You need Calculus AB for AP Physics B and Calculus BC for AP Physics C so you are one step ahead of the game. If you can handle AP Chemistry then you can handle AP Physics.
Language: If you’re good with languages and plan on taking Italian, go with AP Italian for language.
History: It really doesn’t matter, do whatever interests you. Go with AP Euro if that’s what sounds most appealing to you.</p>
<p>And I’d recommend taking English. Some colleges require four years of English. Plus it will be more useful than History or Italian (unless you plan on doing something with these courses).</p>