<p>I want to go to an ivy league school and major in economics or finance. I'm a freshman and am planning out my courses for high school. This year I'm taking all honors classes except for English.
My grades are:
History: A/A-
English: A-/B+
Math: A
Science: A
Spanish: A</p>
<p>Number of AP classes I plan on taking: 7</p>
<p>Sophomore: AP European History</p>
<p>Junior: AP US History, AP Calculus BC, AP Chemistry</p>
<p>Senior: AP Physics C, AP Spanish Language, AP Statistics</p>
<p>Number of AP exams I plan on self studying for: 2 </p>
<p>Sophomore: AP Microeconomics </p>
<p>Junior: AP Macroeconomics </p>
<p>Other AP Classes My school offers: 11 </p>
<p>AP Art History (not to artistic)
AP Calculus AB (taking BC which is harder)
AP Biology (love to take this class)
AP Computer Science (not my thing)
AP English Literature (not to much into poetry)
AP Environmental Science (not to environmental)
AP French Language (don' take French)
AP Latin: Vergil (don't take Latin)
AP Spanish Literature (only allowed to take one Spanish AP)
AP Studio Art (not good at Art)</p>
<p>Comparison: Taking 7 out of 18 AP classes my school offers but I'm going to self study 2 more AP classes my school doesn't offer </p>
<p>During Senior year I also will be taking Multi-Variable Calculus Honors. Some Questions I would like answers include: Is this enough AP classes to get into Harvard or another ivy league or is it too much? Should I self study AP Micro/Macroeconomics or should I take other AP classes instead of it? </p>
<p>I will also be taking extra curricular activities during high school: debate, dance, and tennis</p>
<p>Calculus BC is second semester [college] calculus. So hopefully you are planning to take AB at the community college over summer? Or else I’d scrap AP Stats and take AB then BC. AP stats is a relative joke anyway. </p>
<p>AP Physics kicks ass (in good ways and bad ways). Its my favorite class. </p>
<p>This is a fine amount of AP courses whether you self study econ or not. You have to be very motivated to self study. As long as you can balance it with your other activities and maintain A’s. Do what you can handle. </p>
<p>My one suggestion would be to throw AP Biology into your course load, especially if you have not taken bio yet. You don’t need a background in Bio at all to succeed in the course. I got an A and I passed with a 5 as a sophomore with no previous biology course.</p>
<p>If you want an AP Science, AP Environmental Science is a joke and really easy to do well in. I suggest that you take AP Calculus as a class, since this will really help your college applications (but the AP Stat is very good too). Both AP Spanish exams (Language and Literature) are death. They are so unbelievably hard to take, so unless you do very well in Spanish, I wouldn’t do it. But if you do decide to take the AP Spanish exam, do NOT self-study; you’ll need all the help you can get, and taking the class is the best thing you can do for yourself. Don’t hate on AP English Literature; I personally HATED anything and everything English related, but I took AP English Literature this year anyway. It’s been my favorite class all year, and it really helped me get a greater understanding and appreciation of poetry and literature. You could also take AP English Language if you want an easy self-study exam; it’s basically analyzing nonfiction pieces. It’s a very easy exam that you barely have to study for, and if you are a good English student you can easily do well.</p>