<p>Hello I am a high school sophomore and I really need some assistance.</p>
<p>This is my dilemma, my school has made a new AP system and its terrible. Now if we take an AP course then we have to take Honors before we take the AP level. For example: If I want to take AP US History then I will have to take Honors US History first semester then, AP US History second semester. This will not work with my schedule, because my school does block classes. Which means we have 4, 90 minutes classes a day. So, if I want to take say 2 AP classes next year then that will take up half of my classes! I don't know what to do help?! </p>
<p>These are the classes I really want to take:</p>
<p>AP Biology
AP US History
Honors Physics
Honors Pre-Calc
Honors English 3
Honors Spanish 4
Advanced Weights (because I play 3 sports)
College Course at Community College.</p>
<p>It is my goal to become a doctor and be accepted to Chapel Hill so I want to take as many Science classes I possibly can. I feel that I will not have a chance if I don't take any AP's next year but I have outstanding EC's. So I really want the AP Biology and Honors Physics class into my schedule. I am also willing to take summer courses in order to get the schedule I want. But if I am admitted to this Medical Research program at John Hopkins University then I won't be able to take summer classes. </p>
<p>Thank you for reading! Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you!</p>
<p>I’m not sure why that won’t work. If it is because you feel it would be too rigorous, the only solution would be not to take too many. I am taking six or seven AP classes next year with block scheduling, so I’m really not sure how that would prevent you, even if you only take honors for S1. I would assume that they keep it the same block because most of the kids who are going to be AP US would take it and they wouldn’t want to mess up all of the classes… I’m not sure I understand completely.</p>
<p>Well, can you try taking some courses over the summer somewhere? Hopefully your school will accept those credits and you wont have to take the prerequisites.</p>
<p>@iwaitz4u: This will mess me up because the prerequisite Honors classes. Say I take 4 AP’s then I will also have to take the honors that coincide with those AP’s, leaving me with 4 Honors classes 1st semester and 4 AP’s second semester. My school only has 4 classes a day so that will take up all of my schedule just taking 4 AP’s since I have to take the 4 honors classes for them also.</p>
<p>@pinkbubbletea: Yes, I agree. I have talked to my administrators and they will give me a Honors credit if I make a B on the summer classes. But, the medical research program will have to come first.</p>
<p>What is this program called and how long is it? Maybe you could take some stuff online. I know BYU online has biology, Stanford EPGY has some stuff too. You could even start now.</p>
<p>Its the National Student Medicine Conference.
I was thinking about doing the Stanford EPGY maybe over the summer if that would be possible. Would you happen to know the cost? For say a Physics class?</p>
<p>If I’m understanding this correctly, you have seven courses listed (not counting the college course) but the APs are essentially two courses because of the honors prerequisite… so that makes 9, and you have 8 slots.</p>
<p>You seem pretty smart, so I think it seems doable for you… but this is coming from a guy with an easier course load than the majority of this site haha.</p>
<p>I think EPGY is a few thousand dollars. I think a better option would be to take precalc online at BYU (its not honors though, if that matters) or online honors Precalc at FLVS and go straight to AP Calc, then take honors physics and at school. Physics is pretty conceptual, and might be difficult to do in a short period of time if you haven’t been introduced to it before. Precalc, however, is basically a review of previous math with a little extra. And that way you could get a third AP in with calc</p>
<p>Or, you could take online biology at BYU and go straight to AP Bio. Then you would have space to take honors and AP Physics. </p>
<p>Another option would be to take an off-block instead of honors physics and take AP Physics somewhere online or at a CC</p>
<p>Or you could just do what Divad17 posted, which would be fine too.</p>
<p>@alwaysleah: My school doesn’t offer a math course after AP Calc AB. And my school doesn’t offer AP Physics either. Taking it online is a possibility, know of any sites?
Also, thanks for the help!</p>
<p>Oh okay sounds good. I have already taken Honors Biology 1, and make a 99 but they are making me do Honors Bio 2 before I take AP Bio (I know its really stupid.) Also as of this year we have to take Honors Calculus the semester before we take AP Calc. I really hate how they have screwed up the whole AP system at my school. What exactly is dual enrollment?</p>
<p>Wow that’s so ridiculous. I guess take honors Calc instead of AP. Ask your counselor if BYU biology could work-it’s pretty cheap and the classes aren’t too difficult. </p>
<p>Dual enrollment is taking a class at a community college while in high school. But it sounds like you’d have to take AP Calc senior year anyway.</p>