<p>Hi guys. I'm a freshman and have just chosen my courses for sophomore year. I'm taking:
Honors English II
Spanish III
AP Euro (the only AP class offered to sophomores at my school)
Physiology
Algebra II
ASB (I'm a commissioner for next year; the class is required.)
Cross Country/Track PE (required!) </p>
<p>I've started thinking about it, and I was wondering if not taking honors math and science is going to hurt my chances for getting into top schools, such as Yale, Columbia, Brown, UChicago, etc. I hate math, but I'm actually pretty good in science. Junior and senior year, I'm planning on taking AP Chemistry and AP Physics, respectively, and with the math track I'm on right now, I'll be taking Calc AB senior year. I just really didn't want to take Honors Physiology next year and/or Honors Bio this year, because I've heard that they're really-really hard classes with little rewards, plus most people don't even take physiology.</p>
<p>So, basically, the question comes down to this:
If I don't want to major in ANYTHING math or science-y, but I want to go to a top school, should I take honors math and science?</p>
<p>If you're not into math or science, I would suggest looking at top LACs where they place MUCH less emphasis on math and science than those universities. Those universities will want the honors classes but LACs wouldn't care as much.</p>
<p>What do you plan on doing in college? There are several top LACs that would probably fit your interests more.</p>
<p>I'm interested in creative writing, journalism, international relations, and languages.
Basically, one day I'd like to be a foreign corespondant for a major newspaper or broadcasting company. Or something like that. It changes a lot. :)</p>
<p>LACs interest me a lot, but I would really like a larger environment.</p>
<p>Well, what I can tell you is that if you take AP Chem, AP Calc AB, and AP PHYSICS!!!!(especially physics), it'll be MUCH harder to do well, imo. I think that you may not be very prepared for the classes if you don't take honors.</p>
<p>I agree with swim. Can you take an honors chem or physics class to help prepare you?</p>
<p>At my school, you go straight into AP Chem/Physics without taking an honors or even regular class beforehand.
And, I know the AP Chem teacher (she's my XC coach and she tutors my brother), and she said that she thought that I was well prepared for her class.
So, at my school, it would be perfectly okay to take Biology (Fresh), Physiology (Soph), AP Chem (Jr), and AP Physics (Sr).
I'm not really worrying about that, though.
Basically, I'm worried about not taking honors math freshman, sophomore, and junior years, and not taking honors science for freshman and sophomore years.
The math track that I'm on right now is: Geometry (Fresh), Algebra II (Soph), Math Analysis (Basically, pre-calc, JR), and Calculus AB (SR).</p>
<p>I still stick with what I said lol. Only because there would be a dramatic change in workload. The thing about math is that it's cumulative. I think you should take honors algebra because it's probably the most useful math when it comes to the fact that you ALWAYS see it again. Also, it would be useful for honors science because you may see some of the same material in physiology and chem. Honestly, I don't know the correlation between the 2, but you may learn something that will make AP Chem easier. Oh, and also honors math would help for AP Chem since it can get pretty mathematical.</p>
<p>to be blunt, if you're not taking honors math/science classes you're prob not going to yale, columbia or any ivy league. it s ucks, but its true.</p>
<p>How come you're not taking any English classes next year? Is it not required at your school? That seems pretty odd.</p>
<p>GreenDayFan is just messing with you. Honors is a virtually meaningless term. Take the most difficult courseload you can, as long as you can handle it. Don't worry about what colleges will think, because although you are trying to get into a great college, biting off more than you can chew will hurt you in the long run.</p>
<p>^ She is taking English. It's the first thing on the list.</p>
<p>To the OP: I'd say at least take Honors Algebra II if you can. It is probably the best, most useful year of math that you could take. Now I am just like you- I hate math. But I took Honors Alg. II and it has helped me so much in other math courses. Plus it might ease you into higher level thinking classes. And if possible, I would take the honors science course also. Again, it will ease you in to those AP classes.</p>
<p>Oops! Disregard my last post. I can't believe I overlooked the first thing on the list lol!</p>
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<p>actually i wasn't? if your school has honors classes and you choose not to take them because they're "too hard," your shot at schools in the ivy league isnt very good. i did realize on second glance that your planning to take ap math and science classes in the future, which is very good. im just saying, if you continue the trend of not taking honors classes because they are too challenging, it doesn't make you a bad student by any means, but you wont be going to an ivy league school, plain and simple.</p>