Sophomore classes
ENGLISH II (H)
SPANISH III (H) (plan to take subject test)
ANCIENT WORLD HISTORY (AP)
BIOLOGY (A)
GEOMETRY (A)
Freshman grades (guesses)
ENGLISH I (H) A
SPANISH II (H) A
ALGEBRA (A) B
EARTH SCIENCE (A) B
Oops! 1 more grade:
GEOGRAPHY (H) A
Do you have a question?
Sorry! I was thinking about whether I’m on the right track for reasonably selective schools. Which forum is this better for?
This is the correct forum, but not everyone has the same question so you do need to ask.
In general, your schedule looks fine. For selective schools you want as many As as possible while taking a rigorous schedule. Without knowing what your school offers, it seems that you are doing fine. Remember that grades and course rigor are not all that selective schools look at.
Thanks @me29034! I was interested in people’s opinions because I don’t expect to get to Physics or Calculus. Hopefully taking extra Language and History will compensate.
Will Spanish III be enough preparation for the Subject Test?
@barbthewarrior go to websites of colleges you are interested in and read what academic preparation they recommend. Your potential major will also play a role - Calculus may be necessary, for instance.
Thanks @Southoftheriver (which river). ;). I plan to be a social science major, so I think stats will be more useful than calculus.
Depends what social science… Economics uses calculus and stats can be algebra or calculus based.
Is your school a 6-period a day school?
Spanish III will be ok for the Subject test.
You do have time to get to Physics if you take Chemistry honors junior year and Physics regular senior year.
For social science, you’ll need to take as many English/History/Social science classes as possible.
@MYOS1634 thanks for the reply!! The “social sciences” I’m looking at are: ethnic and area studies. I might do a sociology masters. We do 8’periods.
Ok, the AP stats will be very appropriate. Take as many statistics classes as you can, as analyzing data will greatly matter (and makes a difference for admission at the master’s level).
Take AP World history and APUSH, AP US gov/comparative gov, AP literature.
Summer after sophomore year, practice with the PSAT. It requires specific skills you don’t learn in school.
Great advice! Thanks @MYOS1634 for answering my PSAT question before I had the chance to ask. 
- OK, then, AP Stats...
If your area of study involves Hispanic Americans, you want to continue Spanish to AP Language if possible.
If it involves African Americans, you want to start on French and add an African language (Swahili is the most commonly taught in the US) in order to be able to study not just areas in the US but also origins on the African continent (Ghana for instance, an English speaking country; other languages include Kwa/Twi).
Thanks @MYOS1634 ! I DEFINITELY plan on the Spanish AP exams! Does the order I take them matter? I was thinking of Arabic as the African language to take in college. I obviously plan to keep up with my ASL.
Hopefully I can switch to MODERN WORLD HISTORY (AP) during the 1st week of school.
AP Modern World History is a great choice.
Arabic is one of the hardest languages for an English speaker, so see if there’s a community education class (non credit) offered nearby so you get to start learning it a bit before college. Typically there’s also an intensive summer program at Penn State, with scholarships (the country needs more Arabic speakers, it’s part of the Critical Languages Flagship sponsored by the Dept. of Defense.)
@MYOS1634 would I be able to do the class online? I’m in MT, Happy Valley is really far.
I doubt it, but I don’t suppose DoD cares about ASL? How critical is the need for Spanish speakers?
I’m really not sure - but there may be a similar class closer to home.
Look up “critical language flagships” 