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<p>I made one of these things back in January, but a couple things have changed.</p>

<p>I'm wondering if this schedule is good enough if I am wanting to attend a top school. </p>

<p>English I
Intro to Biology
Concert Band
French II
Spanish I
Foundations of Civilization
Geometry</p>

<p>English II
Chemistry Honors
Hot Spots: Global Crises/Wellness
French III
Spanish III
AP Modern European History
Algebra II Accelerated</p>

<p>AP English Language
Physics Honors
Concert Band
AP French Language
AP Spanish Language
AP American History
Analysis Accelerated</p>

<p>Senior Seminar: Race & Gender in Contemporary Life and Literature/English IV: Crime Fiction
Advanced Biology: Cellular and Molecular Biology
Chinese Studies I/Intro to Psychology
AP French Literature
AP Macroeconomics/Introduction to Political Philosophy
Russian/Middle Eastern Studies
AP Calculus AB</p>

<p>Could you guys tell me what I should change about it, if anything? I will also be participating in this youth ensemble at the University of Michigan and plan on taking Chinese online or self studying it. Should I keep band all for years during school or not?</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>Do band if you like it. And if you can get into county/state honor bands and the like, that's all the better. :)</p>

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<p>Well, I'm going to a prep school next year so I'm not sure how much I will like it. I'm just asking, regardless of whether I like it or not, should I eliminate it to take more elective classes? I'm considering replacing band with Chinese in 10th grade+, or just taking more social studies electives.</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>Hmm. If you'll have that extra ensemble at U of M anyway, having four years of band at school isn't very important. If you're aiming for county/state, I think you may have to be a member of the school band, though. You do seem to have a pretty big interest in foreign languages, so if band is only "OK" next year, then I'd go for the Chinese.</p>

<p>As for the rest of your schedule, it looks good to me. No AP Science anywhere, but since you're going to a prep school, "Advanced Bio" is probably pretty interesting/'rigorous' anyway.</p>

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<p>There's AP Chemistry and AP Physics C, and I think I might take AP Chem senior year instead of Advanced Bio, but again, I'm not sure because I don't know which one I will enjoy more.</p>

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<p>Bump .</p>