<p>Hi guys! (happy Easter to those who are celebrating it!)</p>
<p>So here's my story: I had a scheduling appointment with my guidance counselor for my junior year classes and she didn't know what to put me in: orchestra honors or ap chemistry II. </p>
<p>Obviously I dont have the urge to take ap chem because the teacher is horrible and orchestra is a guaranteed A+ and a break from my usual chaotic school day. I talked to my orchestra teacher and she was a little upset because I am the first chair too.</p>
<p>Also, if I don't do orchestra I can't be in the all state orchestra or community orchestra, which limits my ECs too.</p>
<p>My options are taking something at a community college to free up space in my schedule or dropping orchestra or not taking 2 sciences. I just don't want to be at a disadvantage when applying to colleges (I'm 2nd in my class so I am going to apply to competitive schools.) </p>
<p>Definitely take orchestra. It’s much more impressive than being another kid with 47 AP classes. Also, it’s important to enjoy school. I can assure you that junior year is hell no matter what, but why not try to make it a little less stressful. </p>
<p>As for the CC class, what does the rest of your schedule look like?</p>
<p>Are you thinking Ivy League schools or equivalents? If so, you should be taking more AP classes, unless they aren’t available or something. How many AP classes does your school offer? How many do kids going to top schools usually take junior year?</p>
<p>Thanks for helping me, alwaysleah. I really appreciate it. </p>
<p>I’m thinking about ivy/equivalents, yes. If it helps, my older sister is going to Boston college and she only took ap world, us, and English. She got waitlisted to Brown and Harvard.</p>
<p>My school only offers ap world history for 10th graders (I’m taking it). And for 11th graders ap us history(will be takig it). For 12th graders ap English and calculus(will be taking ilthem.) Then there is ap chemistry, biology, and physics for 11th/12th graders.</p>
<p>Most top kids double in science junior year, senior year, or both. We don’t send many to ivies. Last year one girl was recruited to Cornell and we had 2 girls go to Brown.</p>
<p>However, this year there has been a buzz. No one got into any ivy except for the 2nd in the class. I try to compare myself to him because he plays sports (I do too. I run), is a musician (me too), and he only doubled in science his senior year. He got accepted to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Georgetown, Brown, and Waitlisted to Dartmouth. HOWEVER, he was a year ahead in math because he transferred from another school.</p>
<p>Okay, so basically as of now you’re planning to take all of your school’s APs except you need to figure out bio, chem, and physics. </p>
<p>I think you should go ahead and take the chem CC class. Next year you can take AP Bio and honors physics, because you should have at least one of all three tupes of science. </p>
<p>HOWEVER, if this CC class is going to mean you have to quit ECs or get lower grades, it’s not worth it. </p>
<p>Another good option would be to just self-study AP Chem.</p>
<p>Try to stay in Orchestra. Sitting first chair is a leadership position and like you said, if you weren’t in Orchestra you couldn’t do All-State (which can add to your EC/awards list).</p>