I’m still a sophomore but I have my schedule all planned out for the rest of high school, please lmk how it looks (the parentheses are the number of credits):
grade 9
US History Honors (1)
Biology Honors (1)
Geometry Honors (1)
English Honors (1)
Latin I (1)
Treble Choir (1)
Health (0.5)
PE (0.5)
grade 10
Western Civilization Honors (1)
Chemistry (1)
Algebra II/Trig Honors (1)
English Honors (1)
Latin II (1)
Treble Choir (1)
Dance I (0.5)
Theater I (0.5)
grade 11
AP US History (1)
Area Studies- Middle East (0.5)
Math Physics (1)
AP Calculus AB (1)
American Literature Honors (0.5)
European Literature Honors (0.5)
Latin III (1)
Concert Choir (1)
Theater II (0.5)
grade 12
AP Government and Politics (0.5)
either AP Physics or AP Environmental Science (depends on whether or not I end up liking physics) (1)
AP Calculus BC (1)
Advanced Writing Workshop (0.5)
either Biblical Literature or Creative Writing (0.5)
Latin IV (1)
Concert Choir (1)
Theater III (0.5)
Multico (class for seniors where they write little skits about social justice and they travel to local elementary and middle schools to perform) (1)
if it will help you answer, here are some schools I’m interested in applying to:
Georgetown
Yale
Brown
Boston University
McGill
UToronto
Dartmouth
These classes certainly seem rigorous. Is there a reason you’re not taking an AP english your senior year? (Just wondering)
You’re definitely somewhere in the competitive range for most–if not all–of these schools.
@hedgehogaethers thanks! to answer your question, my school doesn’t offer any AP English classes, which is pretty weird but whatever. However, I think there is some AP English test that a lot of the juniors take, so I’ll probably take that. thanks for answering!
What matters more is how this schedule stacks up to other kids in your class. Is this considered “most rigorous”? That is what will matter to top colleges like Georgetown, Brown and Yale.
@yonceonhismouth Academically, I’m taking the most rigorous classes available to me (except for AP european history, which I could have taken instead of western civ). As far as electives go, there are some computer classes and other more academic electives that I could have taken, but I went for the arts instead (choir and theater). From what I’ve heard, I doubt this will really hurt me because it shows colleges that I have interests, and I’ve been pursuing music and theater outside of school as well.
I need to agree with @bopper about the skipping pre-calc. You need to be very careful with this, as there are a lot of topics you will cover in precalculus that will carry over to calculus, and if you miss out on the foundations of the course, you could be putting yourself at risk for doing poorly in the course. I honestly think you should take precalculus and then take AP calculus your senior year.
Also, not to seem rude, but just because you are doing well in AlgII/Trig right now doesn’t automatically mean you’re bound to do well in calculus. I know many who really struggled transitioning into calculus, so just be wary.
As someone that skipped 2 math courses (Geometry and Precal), I suggest that you don’t skip Precal. It hurt me a lot in BC, and while my grade in the class is decent, it’s because I had to put more work in it. That being said, if you’re really committed to skipping Precal, put a lot of time into it.