I’m a HS sophomore currently wondering how to cram my junior and senior year schedules. I have three social studies electives I want to take before I graduate, of which I will likely only be able to fit two. They are: AP economics, AP U.S. Gov’t & politics, and AP Psych. Any thoughts on which two to pick? I guess I’m asking from an admissions perspective, I’m interested in all three. Also, I’m unsure whether I should take AP Physics 1 next year or my senior year. I know I will dread the class so I thought I might take it senior year to spread the workload, but someone recently told me that admissions would prefer it on the transcript for junior year. Is there any truth to this? For some context the other science I will take before graduation is Human Anat H, not a joke but certainly not as challenging as Physics.
If you dread physics in high school, you might dread calculus-based physics and engineering science courses that you will take as an engineering major in college.
If you are not constrained by high school graduation requirements, choose whichever of the AP social studies courses you are most interested in. (Are these semester or year long courses? Is economics just one of the two parts, or both?)
I’d take Economics and government. Take psych in college.
AP Physics 1 senior year is fine. Adcoms request your list of senior classes anyway.
Have you taken Chemistry or AP Chemistry? What kind of Engineering are you considering gong into?