High School Courses

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>I am currently a sophomore in high school, and I'm currently taking Spanish 3 Honors, my grade is an A-. I really want to drop spanish next year so I have room for all the classes I want to take, but a lot of people have been saying that colleges want to see commitment to a language. Should I drop it?</p>

<p>And as a side note, here are the classes I will (so far) be taking next year:</p>

<p>AP English
AP Biology
Study (for AP Bio, instead of lunch)
AP Economics (instead of spanish)
AP Computer Science
AP Calculus BC Part 1
AP US History 2
Physics Honors
Gym</p>

<p>Is it too much?</p>

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<p>I think you have too many APs, but hey, to each his own. Personally, I'd say keep the language for at least one more year and drop the least interesting subject in ^.</p>

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<p>I'd agree with snoopy. You know you're trying to do too much if you have to drop your lunch period.</p>

<p>Why not drop one of those APs and take a class you really enjoy, so you can have at least SOME fun?</p>

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<p>To polkahard:</p>

<p>I will enjoy Physics honors and AP computer science, as I'm really interested in both of those topics, and of courses, theres always gym. There's also the study period which I will have 3/5 days a week.</p>

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<p>Why did you choose so many AP's? I believe people should choose them based on their interests.....not because they want to take as many as possible.</p>

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<p>Yeah, but those are my interests</p>

<p>AP English - I like literature and really want to become a better writer
AP US 2- This year, US1 is one of my favorite classes, and I want to continue learning about US history
AP Calc - Math has always been my strongest subject
AP Eco - One of my career choices is something in economics, so this would be very useful
AP Comp Science - I like my programming class this year and would like to take more programming next year
AP Bio - An important class if you want to be informed about life.</p>

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<p>Think about it carefully. Do you believe that you can achieve all 4s or 5s in each of those classes. I'm just sayin.</p>

<p>And yes, colleges do like to see commitment in a language. Just drop an AP for Spanish. You can't put off an AP until senior year?</p>

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<p>Does your school have block scheduling or regular scheduling? If it's block, I don't think it should be too bad with that many APs, you'd only have 4 classes of work a night. I'm only taking 2 classes that aren't AP.</p>

<p>Do you like Spanish? If you really do, take Spanish. For what its worth, kids at my school have gotten into Northwestern with two years of Spanish, and my sister got into Dartmouth with three.</p>

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<p>Does Spanish 3 Honors count as 2 years or 3 years? I took Spanish 1 in 8th grade.</p>

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<p>I don't colleges count middle school, so stopping now would only count as 2 years.</p>

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<p>that's weird. but ivies want 4 years of language....so even if i would be up to Spanish 6 in 12th grade (incluiding 2 yrs in middle school) I STILL have to take it?</p>

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<p>Probably doable:</p>

<p>--In many schools Economics is a half-year course, so if you're only taking one of the tests it'll be easier for you.
--Depending on the school Physics Honors may or may not be a really easy class.
--If you're lucky you might be able to study during gym class...like if your instructor is lazy and lets you run around doing whatever you want. My friend goofs off during Weight Training.
--Biology is pretty darn hard, but devoting both your study hall and a class to it might be a bit much. The problem with dropping a lunch period is it might be hard for you to do things like run to the guidance office, talk to your teachers about making up tests, etc. And of course you have to find a way to eat during one of your classes.
--I have no idea how hard computer science would be.
--Maybe you could take Spanish or one of your APs online so you can fit a language into your schedule.
--US History 2 -- I've heard US History is a hard AP for most, but maybe it'll be easier for you since it's broken down into two years.
--Calc BC 1 will, again, be very easy for you since you're good at math and it's broken down into two years.
--English is heavily teacher-dependent. As for the exam, there's not really any material to study, so it's more a question of how good and fast you are at writing/analyzing literature in general.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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I don't colleges count middle school, so stopping now would only count as 2 years.

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<p>Uhoh, I hope that's not true. I took Spanish 1 in 7th grade, Spanish 2 in 8th, and stopped with Spanish 3 in 9th.</p>

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<p>the only middle school courses that count are math and languages (i.e. spanish, algebra 1, geometry)</p>

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<p>Despite the fact that you got credit for Spanish in middle school, it doesn't count. Same for math, I think. I still had to take an extra math credit even though I technically had 3.</p>

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<p>Next year (i'm a 14 years old sophomore right now)... i'll possibly be taking:</p>

<p>Running start (college) math OR AP Statistics
Running start (college) science
AP English
AP Government of USH
Weight Training
Spanish 2</p>

<p>I'll be 15 next year taking these. Whew! Oh well, i actually took AP Physics and AP Biology my freshman year... and got A's. lol</p>

<p>This year, i'm taking AP Calculus, AP Chemistry, AP World History, Weight Training, and Spanish 1.</p>

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Despite the fact that you got credit for Spanish in middle school, it doesn't count. Same for math, I think. I still had to take an extra math credit even though I technically had 3.

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<p>Okay, but they were high school courses. Why wouldn't they count? They show up on my high school transcript.....</p>

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I'll be 15 next year taking these. Whew! Oh well, i actually took AP Physics and AP Biology my freshman year... and got A's. lol

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<p>I would hate to be a 15 year old junior. You're not going to get to drive until your senior year. :P</p>

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<p>ok, I really don't know b/c I'm in a similar situation to you. I'm actually making another post</p>