<p>What classes in high school help you to get into a target IB school. This may sound like a dumb question, and I am sorry for that. I know doing well in math classes will do you wonders but what did you guys take? I'm thinking about taking an online course next year and I wanted to make sure I wasn't wasting my time. Lastly, if you're not going to help, don't post.</p>
<p>I'm a sophomore, if that helps in any way.</p>
<p>Get As in the hardest schedule you can possibly handle. Math is good, but take courses like AP English, AP Physics, AP Chem, AP History, etc.</p>
<p>How about AP electives like AP micro/macro and AP psych?</p>
<p>Micro/macro would definitely be good. AP Psych probably isn’t viewed to be as rigorous. You want to excel in rigorous courses.</p>
<p>Thanks
I have one more question about psych
on collegeboard it says its a semester long but my school has a year long class.
So is it a semester class or year long?</p>
<p>Depends on the school. At mine it is full year.</p>
<p>if you are in high school, isn’t it a little early to start thinking about investment banks? if that’s a direction you know you want to go this early, I would focus on trying to get into the most prestigious schools and then pick your major according to the type of area you are looking to enter</p>
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<p>That’s kinda what I asked sir.</p>
<p>Take the hardest classes you can and try to get into an Ivy.</p>
<p>Don’t worry about loading your schedule with the hardest classes, unless you are confident you can get As in them. Essentially, focus on keeping your grades really high, getting a strong SAT score, and doing things outside of school, volunteering, club involvement, sports, etc - your goal shouldn’t be to impress IB, it should be to impress an ivy league/target school - from there, you press for banking. If you want to take hard courses, then go for things like AP math, sciences, business-type courses that you can get out taking in college to get into more interesting courses in college quicker.</p>