<p>I'm currently stuck as to what to pick for my fall schedule. I am entering my senior year and I have two available class slots, and I'm trying to decide from the following list of classes:</p>
<p>AP Art History
AP Statistics
AP Chemistry
AP Physics B/AP Physics C</p>
<p>Which two do I pick out of the above options?</p>
<p>Some considerations:
-As of right now, I have selected on my draft: AP Statistics, AP Chemistry
-I have not taken any physics.
-I'm not planning on going into math/science.
-I have had three years of science so far.
-I have successfully finished Calculus BC.
-The art history teacher and the chemistry teachers at my school are fantastic, but the statistics and physics teachers are terrible.</p>
<p>I'd say take physics and chem because both of those would be good to get exposure to before college. Especially if you haven't taken any physics. Stats and Art History can easily be taken in college with minimum exposure.</p>
<p>well, from personal experience, i'd say art history. since you're not planning on going into math/science, there's not a huge need to take ap physics (though i think it would be wise to have taken a physics class before college, jumping right into ap would be very stressful - a regular or honors physics helps build a foundation for ap).</p>
<p>anyways, take art history because, if you like to travel at all, you will find what you learn in that class very useful. even if you don't travel, you will have so much of a better understanding of artwork in museums, of buildings in cities, of everything. you don't just learn about art - you learn about how art is relative to life - how it reflects the changing values and technological/religious/social/etc. advancements/changes over time.
also, for the other options, i'd pick chem. you can strengthen a science, and show colleges you can excel in both the arts and the humanities. plus, you said these teachers are amazing. you'll learn a lot more from an amazing teacher (well, you can learn a lot from a terrible one too, but i am more inspired by fantastic teachers) than you will from a terrible one. face it, when was the last time a horrible teacher inspired you to do well? i've only been inspired to do well in horrible teacher's class just to be like, "HA - I got an A in your class!" but really, aside from the teachers, these classes will be so worthwhile.</p>
<p>If you've taken a chemistry course, then you should go with physics. A lot of colleges require you to take a physics course so check out what your colleges require. If you need to take physics, then take C if you already have calculus. Then you need stats for four years of math. </p>
<p>Not to blow your senior year, but you might have to take statistics and physics.</p>
<p>You should probably take chem and physics B. In most schools physics B is essentially the same as Honors Physics, and should be no problem for you especially since you finished calc BC. Chem is really useful since you'll probably be required to take science courses in college regardless of your major so you'll have a head start over your peers. As for art history and stats, I think most of the top colleges don't even accept AP credit from those courses, and they're both very tedious, so unless you're really interested into either one or both of those two classes, take chem and physics B. You can make up for stats in college easily in a semester or two.</p>
<p>imo, if you go to a really good college you're gonna want to relearn chem/physics anyway so you don't get completely owned by the schools higher science classes. It helps to have some gpa booster + refresher classes in college.</p>
<p>The important aspect to everything is that you must do one of every science. Physics, Biology, Chemistry. Colleges tend to care more about chemistry than about physics. If you have not taken ONE chemistry course, you must take it. Take AP Statistics, a lot of majors require statistics. By the way does your school offer AP Economics? That would be an excellent class to take.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the replies, everyone. I plan to eventually go into broadcast journalism, but do Spanish/political science as an undergrad. I'm applying to: Amherst College, Columbia University, Georgetown University, Northwestern University, Occidental College, UCLA, USC, and Yale University.
My school doesn't offer AP Economics, and they won't allow me to simultaneously take two science courses.</p>
<p>I don't have much to offer as far as advice goes, mainly because it seems other people have already said what I was going to say, but I wanted to comment on how lucky you are to have AP Art History available to you! I wish I could take it, but my school doesn't offer it.</p>
<p>Take statistics, it's one of those classes that's useful for humanities majors too. You'll start viewing every newspaper story with a skeptical eye. It's more of a "learning-to-learn" thing.</p>
<p>Chem and statistics. Statistics is extremely useful for everything, including broadcast journalism and political science (which involves quite a bit of economics).</p>
<p>ART HISTORY! It have been one of my most useful classes ever; its the study of a CULTURE's history, not a government's. I have been able to apply some of the general ideas from art history into my english and other history papers, also.</p>
<p>Then AP Chem. I'm signed up for next year, although I know it's just going to back-end me.</p>