<p>I need help on what classes to take next year (junior year) and my class scheduling process starts next week.</p>
<p>I have some possibilities on what classes to take:</p>
<p>Option 1:</p>
<p>School:</p>
<p>AP U.S History
AP European history
AP Calculus AB
AP Physics C
AP English Lang and Comp
AP Chemistry
French 3 Honors</p>
<p>Online:</p>
<p>AP Spanish Language
AP Psychology</p>
<p>Option 2:</p>
<p>AP Calculus AB
AP Physics C
AP English Lang and Comp
AP U.S History
French 3 Honors
(Last two periods would be slacker classes(But they will count as Honors))</p>
<p>Online:</p>
<p>AP Spanish Language
AP Psychology</p>
<p>P.S I would really want to go to one of the ivy league particularly Harvard.</p>
<p>Please I need people's opinion to see which is suitable.</p>
<p>Also can you tell me how hard is the classes and the amount of work they give to you per night, also if you have attempted to take a lot of APs 4+ and were you successful and how was the stress from those courses and how hard was the AP exam and your score on it.</p>
<p>based on experience, i would recommend option 2. of course, that depends on how challenging your high school is.</p>
<p>i’m currently doing an option1-like schedule and totally regret it. Physics C is tough on its own, let alone doubled with Chem. 4 AP’s a year is pretty darn impressive if you can maintain high marks in them. You would rather get all A’s with option 2 than take option 1 and end up with B’s/C’s.</p>
<p>Ok, then may I ask what Classes you are currently taking right now? Are you stressed do you think you can pass those classes and are you worry about the AP exam?</p>
<p>I think my attitude was a bit like yours during the Junior year, where I, like you wanted to do the most I could to get into the best school possible. It only makes sense that a super hard schedule will help tons. I took the most I could at my school which was 5, and I absolutely cannot take online courses. (Too much distractions) Anyways last semester, taking the 5 courses was definitely doable to get straight A’s, the reason I didn’t was due to getting ill on finals so I received a B in AP Calc, but now taking a look around me and avoiding the competitive juices flowing through elites in high school, I can say that I am quite pleased with myself. And in retrospect, it may have not been the best decision to overload myself because there are a variety of things being missed out on. For instance, love, or even friendship, it’s a great feeling…but with that schedule you would be missing out, but again, it’s all up to you and your feelings.</p>
<p>My advice: Do what makes you happiest.</p>
<p>If you believe incredible rank will make you happy, then go forth with it.<br>
If you believe in more sort-term happiness, then go forth with it.</p>
<p>However do be warned, AP classes aren’t a piece of cake.</p>
<p>To your main question though, I believe a combination of the two would work if you have the will power. Option is quite suicidal because you do have two difficult history classes, and history classes always have an immense amount of homework.</p>
<p>@TenMore & @Chlory I’ll take your advices and think about it before next week and thank you for responding, can you please answer the question I have posted about the one I posted on 11:47 PM. Thank you in Advance.</p>
<p>I don’t know how hard it is at your school, but Physics C, APUSH, APEH, and English together would whoop us at ours. You can definitely handle Option 2 though, just use your time wisely.</p>
<p>When I look at this I have more questions than answers.</p>
<p>Have you already taken AP Physics B?
Have you taken enough spanish to be ready for AP Spanish Language?
Is AP Spanish Language offered at your school?
Does your school offer both Calc AB and BC?</p>
<p>Absent answers, I’ll tell you this. My kids took similar schedules. Both of them took Calc AB along with Physics B junior year and then Calc BC and Physics C senior year. Those matched up well. Physic C might be tough if your just starting Calc AB. I’m not sure.</p>
<p>Option #1 is very solid, with six APs plus two more self studied and a foreign language. Of the eight APs, only two are “lites”, Calc AB and Psychology.</p>
<p>Some kids can handle that courseload, others can’t.</p>
<p>@ucbalumnus My school has two levels of Calculus The first part you have to do is AP Calculus AB which is the foundation to do AP Calculus BC. So I guess AB first then to BC.</p>
<p>1) No, I did not take AP Physics B, I’m skipping to AP Physics C
2) Spanish is my first Language, So I think I can handle AP Spanish, and I took Spanish 2 and 3 honors.
3) I’m taking it online on FLVS.(It does not fit in my school schedule)
4) Yes, my school offers AP Calculus AB & BC</p>
<p>I started taking AP classes as a sophomore and will graduate with 12 AP classes. I am not a fan of on-line classes in HS but I have friends that have done on-line classes and did well; they just are not for me. I am not sure how admissions look at it either. Good, bad, no difference, who knows? </p>
<p>It is really up to you to determine how much you can handle. Are the teachers good, etc.? I will tell you that there was more than one occasion where I was stressed to the max and will be stressed to the max come spring.</p>
<p>One thing to look at is your school’s AP report, which should be published on the school’s web-site somewhere. Look at the pass rates for students taking the AP classes you want to take. Passing the AP test will depend mostly on you but if the teacher has a high success rate, it helps. I did not take AP Chem for that reason. I do not think anyone passed the exam that year, if they did it was with a 3. Others may not agree, but if I did not pass the AP exam, I wasted my time. So far, I have not wasted my time.</p>
<p>Whatever you schedule, make sure you get in Calc BC, Physics C and/or B and AP Chem or BIO before you graduate.</p>
<p>Depends on how much you can handle. I mean, if your school is pretty difficult you’ll likely have hardly any time for social things on weekday afternoons. I’ll graduate with 8 AP classes and I got A’s in all of them. So IMO it will look better if you have slightly fewer AP’s and you do better in them. But if you think you’ll be able to handle all of that then pursue your dream. The only person who knows what they can handle and what they want to do is you.</p>
<p>First, neither of these schedules will ensure your admission to Harvard - or any other similarly competitive college.</p>
<p>Lots of kids do AP classes. Lots of kids do LOTS of AP classes. Doing the same won’t set you apart.</p>
<p>You are expected to take advantage of the resources at your school and to take a challenging course load. Either of the two schedules you’ve described satisfies this expectation. You are also expected to get good grades in those courses. Option 2 seems more likely to satisfy this requirement than Option 1.</p>
<p>As for your online courses, taking an advanced language class (if it’s not available at your school) is a good thing. I’m surprised, though, that it wouldn’t be available at your school, given all the other AP classes offered. Frankly, though, I don’t see the point of online AP Psychology, unless it’s a subject you’re particularly interested in. If it is, then go for it!</p>
<p>Personally, I would not look favorably on a candidate whose schedule made it appear that she spent her entire junior year locked up in her room (alone) doing homework and online courses. This is not the type of multi-dimensional candidate who stands out. I know that MIT, for example, goes out of its way to avoid candidates who look good “on paper” only. If your only objective in life is to do what you need to do to get into college . . . what will you have to offer once you’ve been admitted to college???</p>