<p>Hi. I would like to be a biomedical engineer or doctor(psychiatrist) and I have a question on what electives should I take. Also, I will have a Spanish 1 credit - Should I continue Spanish or switch to Latin? I heard Latin helps you for language arts and SAT(vocabulary and writing).</p>
<p>Thank you very much. I will probably have more questions based on your respective responses.</p>
<p>Take whatever electives and language you want to take, but take mostly academic classes when possible.
Good AP classes to take if they have them:
Statistics, Biology, Chemistry, Psychology, English (either)</p>
<p>Thank you for replying. I am in all Gifted Classes and am 3 years up in math(will be doing Honors Pre-Cal as a Freshmen). I think I am prepared for AP, but is it possible to get in A in All AP’s while doing an extracurricular activity(high school sport)? If it is, how?</p>
<p>Probably. Depends on how hard your school is and how much time you have to spend on the sport. But plenty of people succeed in many AP classes and multiple extracurriculars.</p>
<p>ok and I am planning on taking AP COMPUTER SCIENCE A online in 10th grade. Do you have any experience of the rigors of this class? Do you recommend taking the introductory class to AP CS A (Computer applications, which isn’t required)?</p>
<p>Okay, just saying, you should probably calm down a little, high school should also be fun.</p>
<p>Latin is a dead language. With the influx of immigrant coming into the US, Spanish is helpful, when applying to college, and when finding a job.</p>
<p>Don’t load up on AP classes your freshman year (is that even possible? in my school it wasn’t). Especially since you are advanced in classes. As a freshman, I was in Advanced in math 2 years, Science in 1. It was kind of hard, to be quite honest, along with all honors classes, and an AP, when I just came from middle school. If I were you, I would keep it to one or two AP classes.</p>
<p>To get A’s, you just have to study, and do your work. It is possible. While I never did any sport, I was in marching band, which is a freaking nightmare. Plus leadership position in 3 clubs.</p>
<p>Junior year, 3 AP classes, with marching band, which kept me in school every day until 6, plus Saturdays, and club duties. You just have to study whenever you can. It’s hard and stressful.</p>
<p>Stick with Spanish for your language if you only want to take Latin to help your SAT score. Idk about others but I didn’t even give the SAT a thought in 9th grade, so if you start prepping now you don’t have to waste a class every semester. You seem really bright because I’m a junior and your taking the same math class as me so you should be able to get a great score with a little effort.</p>
<p>I will stick with Spanish; thank you very much for your thoughts on that. Do you have an idea for my AP Computer Science A question?</p>
<p>I am taking AP US Government in 9th grade, honors(bio,pre-cal,lit), and on-level Spanish( I don’t see the point in taking honors)</p>
<p>Are you enjoying your childhood? If so why worry so much about the ninth grade? The older you get the more difficult life becomes. BTW a difficulty that cannot be quantified by equation or tamed by the mere taking of a test. Anyway to answer your question, a Doctor will need the occassional use of Latin in study. (Primum non nocere)</p>
<p>I’m very much enjoying my childhood( yes, I have friends and I am succeeding in sports & school). I’m “worried” about high school because that prepares me for college and subsequently, real life.</p>
<p>REPOST OF QUESTION- I am planning on taking AP COMPUTER SCIENCE A online in 10th grade(or at school in 11th). Do you have any experience of the rigors of this class? Do you recommend taking the introductory class to AP CS A (Computer applications, which isn’t required)? I type around 100 WPM, without looking at the keyboard.</p>
<p>I don’t think your typing speed has anything to do with AP Computer Science, but it might help to have some previous programming experience.
But I’ve never taken it, so I don’t really know.</p>
<p>What I meant to say by that is in Computer Apps, the focus is on Keyboarding, Internet, Publishing/Spreadsheets, etc. With my typing abilities and prior experience, I was wondering if I should still take this class in preparation for AP Computer Science A or I should take another educational elective in 9th grade?</p>