<p>I will be a junior this upcoming school year and I really want to get in into an ivy league school possibly Vanderbilt university. I have made many mistakes chossing my high school classes but I'm determined to stand out. Do I still have hope of getting into vanderbilt with this classes?</p>
<p>Freshmen year:
English 1 honors
physical science
Geometry Honors
visual arts
world history
avid I (required)
theater arts
p.e (required)</p>
<p>sophomore year:
Health science education
heritage spanish
english II honors
student leader I
biology I honors
avid II
lifetime wellness (required)
algebra II</p>
<p>junior year:
Ap language and composition
Ap spanish language
Ap statistics
Ap Us history
chemistry honors
Ap biology
critical thinking ACT (required)
anotomy and physiology honors or not (I do not know yet)</p>
<p>senior year:
Ap language and composition
Ap calculus AB
Ap physics
Ap us goverment
Ap computer science
Ap economics
Ap calculus BC
nursing education</p>
<p>Considering that you said you made mistakes before choosing classes and you will be taking that many AP classes, I think you shouldn’t take that many AP classes. Dropping 1 or 2 AP classes for junior year would be your best bet.</p>
<p>If you feel like you’ve made mistakes before, then I wouldn’t advise taking that many AP classes unless you are absolutely sure you can handle the coursework. Talk to older students who have taken the course, as they are going to be your best source of information about the teacher, homework, grading style, etc. Don’t let your grades suffer just for the purpose of taking that many AP classes.</p>
<p>I agree with the above posters about dropping some of the AP classes, it’s going to be very difficult to adjust from your sophomore year workload with two honors classes to junior year with two honors classes and 5 APs. Ivies and and universities like Vanderbilt want to see that you have a passion for something, or that there is a specific area that you want to pursue, and cramming as many APs as possible into junior and senior year will not show them that. Many of the APs that you are planning to take, such as AP Computer Science or AP Economics, will be a real drag unless you are genuinely interested in the subject. Learning computer science solely for the purpose of taking the AP exam is like learning French just to take the AP French exam. I suggest you drop one AP for junior year, and 2 APs senior year, and study really hard for the remaining AP exams.</p>
<p>I strongly agree with the other posts. It’s not a very good idea if you take very few honors courses in sophomore years and suddenly you take 5 ap courses in junior year. Ap classes are very challenging and cramming about 95% ap in your schedule could easily take a toll on you, so you should drop maybe one or two ap classes in order to be able to study and focus on the other courses. And you should at least take pre-calc before you take calculus AB and especially calculus BC. without pre-calc, i doubt that you could stand a chance in calculus.</p>
<p>Drop some AP classes. You should do something that you really like. For example sports, volunteering, student government, clubs, or etc. Colleges LOVE when students show that they have a passion for something.</p>
<p>Showing passion won’t get you into an Ivy, and they’re not looking for anything in your schedule. Taking a rigorous course load is practically a pre-requisite for having a second look, so you’re still one among thousands. Tailoring your life to the Ivy applicant archetype will only make you stand out less.</p>