Help With AP Forecasting

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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Hello everyone,

I am currently a freshman in highschool forecasting for next year. I wanted help on decided what my last ap class was:

Here’s what I am taking this year:

AP Computer Science A - love computer science, easy for me Difficulty Scale: 3
AP Human Geography - relatively easy compared to other ap classes Difficulty Scale: 3

What I was planning on taking next year:

AP Biology (For sure) - one of the hardest ap classes out there, but it is a science: Difficuly Scale: 5

AP Computer Science Principles - trying to get the class at my school, but there needs to be 20 kids that sign up. If we manage to get enough kids to sign up, then I will definitely take this class Difficulty Scale: 3

If AP Computer Science Principles IS NOT offered then I will take:

AP Psychology (Alternate for AP CS Prin) - another relatively easy class compared to other ap classes Difficulty Scale : 3

I am not sure what I should do for my last ap class. Here are my options:

AP Lang - I am strong enough in english to get an A, but it will take a lot of time, especially for english Difficulty Scale: 4
AP Lit - Same as above. Taking an AP English could help me on SAT and ACT when time comes. Difficulty Scale: 4
AP Environmental Science - another easy ap class compared to others Difficulty Scale: 3
AP Euro Hist - I not very interested in taking history, but is an option Difficulty Scale: 4
AP Statistics - I like math, heard this class many people do not like Difficulty Scale: 3
AP Physics 1 - Taking physics this year, and doing great, this class be be good Difficulty Scale: 3

If all goes well, what I was thinking of taking :

AP Bio
AP Lang
AP Computer Sci or if that doesn’t work out AP Psych

Would appreciate all the advice.

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AP Lang/Lit are probably better taken jr/sr year. If you take these sophomore year, will you have more advanced Engish classes offered senior year?
Have you taken Chemistry? If you haven’t, try taking Chemistry Honors.
If you don’t take AP Euro, what class would you take?

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Science: I would suggest taking Honors Chem, then AP Physics 1 and then as a Senior take AP Bio.

You seem to want to take just as many APs as possible.
Even Stanford doesn’t want you to take as many as you can.

Stanford:
We expect applicants to pursue a reasonably challenging curriculum, choosing courses from among the most demanding courses available at your school. We ask you to exercise good judgment and to consult with your counselor, teachers and parents as you construct a curriculum that is right for you. Our hope is that your curriculum will inspire you to develop your intellectual passions, not suffer from unnecessary stress. The students who thrive at Stanford are those who are genuinely excited about learning, not necessarily those who take every single AP or IB, Honors or Accelerated class just because it has that designation.

For English: take Honors English. Take AP Lit and Lang junior and senior year.
For math, try to get to AP Calc by senior year. If you are not on track for that, double up on math this year so you can take pre-calc junior year.

Also you should be taking a foreign language.

That leaves you with social studies: I would take AP Euro and then if you want to, AP Psych.