I have been creating a four your plan and have been wanting imput. I want to become an architect. My school doesn’t have many classes for architecture so I mainly plan on taking engineering courses. My dream school is USC where I want to study architecture and East Asian Studies.
Freshman:
Honors Written and Oral Composition
Accelerated Honors Geometry
Honors Biology
AP Human Geography
PLTW Introduction to Engineering Design
Spanish for Native Speakers 4
Drivers Ed (Summer School)
Sophomore:
Honors World Literature and Composition
Accelerated Honors Pre-Calculus
Honors Chemistry
AP World History
PLTW Computer Integrated Manufacturing
AP Spanish Language
Personal Finance (Summer School)
Junior:
AP English Language and Composition
AP Calculus BC
AP Physics 1
AP US History
PLTW Civil Engineering and Architecture
Graphic Arts Design
Beginners Korean 1 & 2 (Community College Fall and Spring)
Conversational Korean (Community College Summer)
Senior:
AP English Literature and Composition
Calculus 3 or AP Environmental Science
AP Physics C and Lab (Two Periods)
PLTW Digital Electronics
Advanced Graphic Arts
Intermediate Korean 1 & 2 (Community College Fall and Spring)
Notes: PLTW is the engineering program at my school that offers college credit through an end of year exam like AP classes. I’m not sure if I should take Calculus 3 which is dual enrollment or AP Environmental Science.My school does not offer Honors Physics but allows STEm students to go to AP Physics 1.
A few questions and comments:
Is AP Physics 1 a prerequisite for AP Physics C at your school? If it’s not, I’d advise taking AP Chem or Bio instead.
Don’t take AP Environmental Science, it’ll look like a filler class. Take Calculus instead.
Other than that, this looks like a great, well rounded plan. Well done.
@super5000ify Thank you for your imput. Yes AP Phyiscs 1 is a prerequisite for AP Physics C and a graduation requirement. I was thinking of taking AP Environmental Science becuase I’m very interested in this like nature and the environment. Also Calculus 3 is sometimes offered in my and sometimes considered dual enrollment during the school day. It just depends on the amount of kids able to take it. So if it turns out to be dual enrollment during the school day it would end up taking three periods away which is something I wouldn’t want to do.
@ZealousScholar At my school you need to take a physics and chemistry course before taking AP Physics C. My choices are taking regular Physics or AP Physics. I also have a tree year Science graduation requirement that requires biology, chemistry, and physics.
I think you meant that AP Physics 1 isn’t usually a prereq for AP Physics C. Regardless, the OP has already indicated that AP Physics 1 is a prereq at his/her school. Schools are free to set their own prereqs, regardless of what the College Board advises. In any case, I think every school requires calculus as a prereq or coreg, and the vast majority (as they should, IMO) require a year of physics (doesn’t have to be AP) before taking Physics C.
I’d definitely talk to your counselor about physics when you get around to it. Usually, Physics 1 is useless when you are already taking Physics C, but your school may distribute content differently than most schools. Even if it’s a pre-req, see if you can get around it if it won’t be worth the time.
The kid’s a freshman, so I think advising him/her to try to skip intro physics is 2 years premature. Prereqs are there for a reason. Yes, if the kid turn out to be a mini Stephen Hawking in the next 2 years, then maybe s/he can skip it. For almost everyone else, Physics C with no prior physics exposure will kick your butt.
Anyway, to the OP’s original question, the plan is fine. Just write it in pencil. Interests changes, classes get added/dropped, etc. Good luck.