<p>Hi Parents,
We are worried about our daughter's senior year schedule. She is interested in majoring in Pre-med or Bio-Medical Engineering in college. Eventually she wants to go to medical school. We want to know how important it is to take AP Physics. She has block scheduling and all AP classes are 3 quarters which doesn't leave much room for many other classes. So far she has taken all honors classes and 2 AP's(Bio and Chem). Her senior schedule: AP Cal-Bc, AP Span, Hon Physics, Hon Imaginative Proc, Anatomy and Physiology, Art, 1st Aid, Individual Sports, and Convenience foods. She has GPA=4.15(UW) and 4.35(w), SAT I =1470(V=690, M=780). Took SAT II on Bio, Chem and Math , AP exams in Bio and Chem in May - Waiting for results. Has good Ec and volunteer, plays for varsity golf.
Will my daughter be in a disadvantage position for not taking AP Physics especially for Bio-med eng program? Please HELP with your thoughts on it.
THANKS</p>
<p>My opinion: Honors Physics will be just fine. </p>
<p>But if you share what schools/type of schools she is targeting, that might help. I still think her schedule will be fine at any level school. Because she has a very strong, chock full of sciences.</p>
<p>I admit I don't get the "convenience foods" thing. I think kids deserve to have a fun course here and there, but does she have the full complement she needs of English/History/social studies?</p>
<p>When my kid went into HS (9th grade), he was immediately placed into English II (sophomore level), so he finished English 4 in his junior year and took various other classes in the department: literature for film and journalism. It turned out that for at least one school he wanted to apply to, he did not have the "4 years" of English he needed. He changed his schedule senior year to add a creative writing class. Check the college requirements carefully.</p>
<p>Also try to leave a little breathing room the last quarter/trimester of senior year. No matter how academic your kid is, there are going to be other things going on then that will demand attention...</p>
<p>Yeah, I also noticed that lack of an English course and wondered if that was an accident. Did she take the writing portion of the SAT? A lot of schools used to require (prior to the writing being part of the SAT I) that English be one of the required/recommended SAT IIs (if they were required at all.) Your D's schedule and SATs are math/science heavy. I suppose that some engineering schools would like that, but I also know that some schools look for some evidence of English language competence in HS since they don't get that much in engineering school. Ga Tech, for instance, used to do that. (Haven't had enough contact with them in recent years to know if they still do.)</p>
<p>I assume art is a passion, and the individual sport has to do with golf. She is taking "convenience foods" - I have no idea what this is. Since this doesn't have anything to do with her major, is this a slot she could fit a language arts class into?</p>
<p>Thanks for all your replies. Here are the answers for your questions. My daughter's writing SAT I score=700(mc= 69,essay=9 -did not finish as she ran out of time). " Convinience Food" is an elective which is a cooking class and it is only 2.5 credits which she was able to fit in with one of the AP classes which is 7.5 credits(3 quaters). Hon Imagintive process is an english class.Listed below are the classes she has taken so far:
Freshman: Humanities(english), Humanities(social stud), Spani-2, Span-3, Hon Alg-2, Science-1, Physical Ed/Hlth-1, Computer App.</p>
<p>Sophmore: Driv Ed, Hon Eng-2, Span-4, Hon Bio-1, PE Hlth-2, Hon Chem-2, Ceramics, Hon US Hist-2, Voc Latin Greek Roots, Hon Geom, Hon Bio-2
Junior:Hon Expos comp-2(english class), Cmp Wrld Studies-1, Major American Writers(english class), Hon Analysis, AP Bio, AP Chem, Cmp Wrld Study-2, Hon Span-5, Ind Dual Sports 2 Weight, Health 11 and OTS 2.
She will have all her HS requirements met by the time she graduates. She is a member of Span Hon Soc, NHS, Interact, Student Model UN, Classical dancer(for 10 yrs), played for lacrosse team in freshman year and being part of varsity golf since sophomore. She has been volunteering since freshman year at a senior citizen place. She has won few awards for her community work.
She is interested in 7/8 yrs Med Progs, Pre-Med Progs and Bio-Med Eng Progs at mostly Eastern state colleges. She may not make it to Ivy leagues but interested in schools next level 1 or level 2 to Ivies. Do you guys have any suggestions of the schools she should apply. I would appreciate your input on it. Hope I have given you guys enough info on my daughter. Once again thanks for all your help</p>
<p>I'd make sure that it's clear that she had two full courses in English as a junior. Most colleges want to see English every year.</p>
<p>To your original question, no I don't think she will be penalized for not taking AP Physics, since she's already taken physics, and has quite a full schedule anyway. </p>
<p>It's possible that when your school sends the transcript, classes will be coded in such a way that the college can tell that certain classes such as Imaginative Process are considered "English" at your school.</p>
<p>Her stats are great and her ECs are impressive, too. I think she's a strong candidate for most schools. Ivies are a reach for anybody, but she should have a reach or two on her list anyway. Why "state colleges?" What state are you in? Does she have any other preferences about schools? Big city or college town, for instance? Sororities? City or enclosed campus?</p>
<p>What I'm seeing is:
1. engineering major or pre-med or combined med school program
2. East coast
3. state school
4. golf EC? or dancing EC? or art opportunities?</p>
<p>What else?</p>
<p>We are looking at schools, too (entirely different focus). To help narrow the field, we started comparing just any two that fit D's limited criteria, and discussing what she liked and didn't about each. That helped her define what she wanted better.</p>