<ol>
<li>AP Calculus AB</li>
<li>AP Calculus BC</li>
<li>AP Stat</li>
<li>AP Govt/AP Macroecon</li>
<li>AP Eng. Lit.</li>
<li>AP Biology</li>
<li>"Senior Out" (basically where a senior has no class during the last period of the day and gets to go home early)</li>
</ol>
<p>My school runs on a block schedule (which means 4 classes/day for 2 semesters of different classes), so it's easier to take more AP classes than in other high schools. I'm a bit worried that all my classes are AP and that I have no "blowoff" or elective classes, but since I managed to do well in 4 AP's my junior year, I figured 2 more couldn't kill me. What do you think? Is it rigorous enough for Ivy League schools (assuming that I have a good GPA, ranking, extracurriculars, etc.)?</p>
<p>Is this question for real? You’ve literally maxed out on AP’s, just remember that a lot more goes into the decision than course rigor. Don’t overload yourself and watch your GPA drop. Even if you think you can get all A’s, things get tricky when you have that many courses that require hours of outside work.</p>
<p>I’ve never, ever heard of anyone taking AB and BC Calc in the same year. I’ve heard of AB once year, then BC next, but never this way. It would be way to repetitive and confusing, IMO.</p>
<p>Choose either AP Calc. AB or AP Statistics. It’s ridiculous to take 3 AP Math classes. I’ve never heard of anyone taking AP Calc. AB and AP Calc. BC in one year. In our district, one must complete AP Calc. AB (a full one year course) before taking AP Calc. BC.</p>
<p>It’s important to remember that colleges will be using your Grade 9-Grade 11 transcript when reviewing your application. Your senior year schedule is basically to show them that you are maintaining a strong curriculum and maintaining a strong gpa.</p>
<p>Your senior schedule is important for admissions, but not that important. It’s far more important that you don’t flunk out. Senioritis hits in ways you’d never believe.</p>
<p>How do you take AB and BC at the same time?</p>
<p>Drop Calc AB. I wouldn’t even replace it with anything.</p>
<p>A block schedule would allow her to take AB first semester and BC second semester. Two years of math in one year.</p>
<p>Frankly, I’d load up first semester and then drop something second semester. You’ll be fried. Also, if this is a game plan, I would get all applications in ready to go mode before the start of the year or you’ll be screaming come the end of November.</p>
<p>Is taking Calculus AB then taking Calculus BC the year after a good thing? Will it be considered as two years of Calculus or just one? The BC curriculum is an expanded AB curriculum, so I’m not too sure.</p>
<p>Modadunn is right on the dot…since my school’s on block schedule, I would finish Calc AB in the 1st semester and begin Calc BC in the 2nd. And in my school, Calc AB is a prerequisite to BC, so I have no choice in that.</p>
<p>As long as you’ve taken the hardest options available at your school, you should be fine. I personally am moving to a different state and new school for my senior year, and due to its small size, everyone has the same classes save for Honors options for English. So my senior year schedule looks like this: </p>
<p>Honors English 12
AP Calculus BC
Spanish 4 (serving as a teaching assistant)
Art Appreciation (graduation requirement)
U.S. Government (online)</p>
<p>As you can see, this is clearly not as rigorous a schedule as yours! I also don’t have any more science classes left to take (new school offers up to honors, not AP, Bio, Chem, and Physics, and I’ll have completed all three before my senior year), and from reading the responses in another thread I posted regarding this issue, I’m not worried about it because 1 - I’m not applying for a science related major (language + secondary field in political science ) - and 2 - colleges will see that I have no more science options at school. </p>
<p>Ultimately, challenging yourself in the context of your school is really all that matters.</p>
<p>You will be stressed to death with all those AP classes on top of writing college apps and essay in first semester. Take AP calculus AB + statistics. And don<code>t load your 2nd semester because your grades will suffer less from senioritis if you take easy classes with less hw. Don</code>t make this mistake. I did and it was not fun.</p>
<p>mm I’m not sure. First of all, i agree with everyone else, the math classes just looks strange, drop one and fill it with something else. maybe AP psych? thats a fun class I took it last year as an elective.</p>
<p>but as for your schedule, it’s up to you. This year (my senior year) I took 7 IB classes, IB Bio, IB spanish, IB theatre, IB English, student government (senior class prez, so i have to skip lunch unfortunately), IB Math, IB TOK, and IB History. I have to say I was pretty stressed this whole year, especially when applying to colleges. Also, having no break for lunch all day sucks, but I’m sure you would have lunch lol.</p>
<p>Honestly, I think it helped a lot that I did all IB, though it was hard, it showed I took senior year seriously (not to say that everyone else doesn’t don’t attack me haha). So if you’re going for the Ivy’s I’d suggest it, even though still course load isn’t everything it’ll help.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure you cannot take the AP Calculus AB and BC exams in the same year, if that’s what you’re planning on…
On page 5 of the AP bulletin for 2009-2010: “You may not take both Calculus AB and Calculus BC in one year.”
Your guidance counselor should know this.
Otherwise, it really depends on the rigor of the AP courses, which varies from school to school. I’m considering taking 7 APs next year (senior year) but I also plan to have most of my college apps done before school starts. I think it’s doable, but difficult. Depends on whether you want to have fun senior year =)
Good luck!</p>