<p>So i have four years of english already, do i have to take a fourth senior year? </p>
<p>English 9
Hon am lit
Hon world lit
Journalism 1
Creative writing 1&2</p>
<p>Talk this over with your guidance counselor. You need to be sure to meet your HS graduation requirements, as well as admissions requirements. For example, in some school districts only English 9 would be considered a “real” English course. The others you list here would be electives.</p>
<p>^i agree, it depends on your high school and colleges. many high schools and colleges wouldn’t count journalism or creative writing as english classes, considering them electives instead. since you’re posting this on the college admissions forum, i’m assuming that you know that it fulfills your hs requirements and you’re wondering about colleges, in which case it really depends on if you’re applying to selective schools. the most selective schools (i’d say with admissions rates under 40% as a general marker) will want to see four “real” english courses, ie not creative writing, which is seen as more of an english elective. however, if you’re looking into schools that are less selective, i’m sure they’ll see this as four years of english, so you should be all set. if you really don’t know, i’d suggest emailing the colleges you’re looking into and asking what they recommend for you.</p>
<p>I’d take a fourth year of English. I’d recommend it for anyone, but especially since your journalism and creative writing may not be considered English courses or - at least - rigorous English courses by some schools, you should take a fourth year.</p>
<p>Would classes like grammar, college english, and contemporary lit be considered rigorous enough for a forth year? Or should i just take AP Lit…?</p>
<p>it depends- what colleges are you looking into? most colleges would be ok with all of those classes, but the more selective ones would want to see AP lit</p>
<p>I’m looking at places like U of M, Loyola, Indiana-bloomington, Illinois- chicago, to me they don’t seem to selective b/c they arnt ivies, but in reality are they more selective (wanting ap lit haha)</p>
<p>UMich is now quite selective. I’d definitely take AP Lit.</p>
<p>AP Lit or grammar would be the best option from the list</p>
<p>I’ve read that a lot of schools aren’t thrilled with AP English students because they don’t really learn to write, just how to do AP style essays. My son has taken Comparative World Lit and Mythology this year (our school offers only electives after 10th grade except for AP) and will take American Lit and a course on cultural conflict through writing.</p>
<p>I would take one or both of the Honors classes (assuming they’re each a semester long) and if you have space in your schedule, take journalism. I recommend it because you really learn how to write effectively and to parse your sentences if you have a good journalism teacher; this will help you in the future.</p>
<p>You’re weak in writing courses. Creative writing might be fun, but it really doesn’t do much in terms of preparing you to write the kind of prose you’ll need to produce in your college classes. Take writing–doesn’t matter if it’s AP, honors, DE.</p>
<p>@Joan: Those are the classes OP has taken, not the options.</p>
<p>I would recommend that if it’s available, you take AP English Language, which emphasizes the writing of expository prose. This is a critical skill in many (indeed, almost all) college majors. AP English Literature is a good course too, but you don’t sound like an “English person,” so you should go for the course that will give you transferable skills.</p>