Course Rigor

<p>So I have two questions... I'm going to post my courses so that they make more sense.</p>

<p>9th Grade:
Honors Physical Science
Jazz Ensemble
Honors Algebra II
AP World History
Honors English 9
Spanish II
Health</p>

<p>10th Grade:
AP Biology
Jazz Ensemble
Honors English 10
Trigonometry
AP Statistics
Honors Spanish III
Honors US History</p>

<p>10th Grade Summer:
Honors French III
AP European History
Accounting</p>

<p>11th Grade:
AP Chemistry
AP Environmental Science
AP English Language and Composition
Honors Pre-Calculus
AP Psychology
Honors Spanish IV
AP US History</p>

<p>11th Grade Summer:
Honors French IV
AP Macroeconomics
AP Microeconomics</p>

<p>12th Grade:
AP Physics (B)
Jazz Ensemble
AP English Literature and Composition
AP Calculus AB
AP French Language and Culture
AP Spanish Language and Culture
AP US Government and Politics</p>

<p>So here are my questions... Is this schedule rigorous enough? Would it be rigorous enough without the online summer school courses and AP French Language and Culture? Instead of AP French Language and Culture I would take Sociology. I love French, taking it is something that I'd really like to do, but I'm not sure that I can do it. And I'd like to talk about my Junior year schedule specifically... Is it too difficult? Do you think I'll be able to make straight A's taking these courses along with the many extracurriculars that I participate in? If it's too difficult then instead of AP Environmental Science I will take Jazz Ensemble.</p>

<p>If you have any questions, please do ask. Thank you for your response in advance! They are very much appreciated!</p>

<p>We meet again Judy (At least I think so o.O). But yeah, there’s really no use taking AP Spanish and French. It’s just a waste of time IMO. Environmental Science isn’t really that hard of an AP and most colleges know this, so if you want time to socialize, you’d best drop it for Jazz Ensemble. BTW, where do you take your summer courses?</p>

<p>This is more than rigorous enough for top colleges. I’d recommend dropping AP Spanish for Sociology if you really like French, and definitely take Jazz Ensemble instead of Environmental Science. The latter is a bit of a joke class, and without these two, you still have a perfectly rigorous course load without compromising your interests.</p>

<p>You got enough APs. Make sure you got time for ECs/Jobs/sports etc.</p>

<p>Definitely focus on other things…</p>

<p>Well I guess I’ll skip out on French then because I’ve been taking Spanish in school since 7th grade, so I kind of need to stick to it… I really love both, though. /: Oh well, I guess…</p>

<p>Well I’ve come to two choices. 1. Do AP Environmental Science next year. 2. Take Pre-Calculus online over the summer and do AP Calculus AB next year for math. Because that would give me five AP’s I would replace AP Environmental Science with Jazz Ensemble. </p>

<p>Either way I’ve decided to take AP European History online during the summer. If I do Honors Pre-Calculus during this summer, then it’ll be next summer. If not, then I’ll be taking AP European History this summer. Also, my only senior year class that isn’t definite is which AP Calculus I’m in. In my senior year I’m going to do Business Law instead of AP French Language and Culture because we have to do a business class. Mine would’ve been accounting, but since my only online courses are going to be AP European History and Pre-Calculs, that’s not going to happen. All of the other classes will be the same for my senior year.</p>

<p>Thank you all so much for your responses! (:</p>

<p>Since you just said that you are considering which AP calculus to take, I would suggest taking BC if you are good at math; I am in BC this year (without having taken AB) and imo, it is very easy, and does not move too much faster than AB (according to those who take it at my school). It really is not hard, and you can place out of another semester of college calculus; it would also make your schedule stronger, without increasing the work load too much.</p>

<p>Well I’m definitely going in the correct sequence… Honors Pre-Calculus → AP Calculus AB → AP Calculus BC. It’s just, should I not take AP Environmental Science and go to AP Calculus BC instead or should I take AP Environmental Science and end up only going as far as AP Calculus AB…</p>

<p>^ That doesn’t make much sense. AP Calculus BC covers all topics of AB. Thus, it seems quite redundant to do both courses…</p>

<p>^ A lot of people do take AB and then BC; at least at my school and schools where some of my friends go, it seems more common for people to take AB before BC, than to take BC only, and I don’t know how other schools do it. I guess this is beneficial for some people who BC would be too fast for, even though in my opinion, BC isn’t an extremely “fast” or complicated class, and it would be a massive waste of time, for me, to take AB, then BC.</p>

<p>At my school they don’t even offer the actual AP Calculus BC class, I would’ve taken it online. I was just looking for ways to make myself stand out more for when I apply to colleges. I think I’ll do it in other ways, though…</p>

<p>Thanks, both of you.</p>