Orchestra Honors
Team II (semester)
Lifetime II (semester)
Keep in mind that the only reason I’m doing those gym courses is because our school requires us to take four years of gym. Anyway, let’s move on.
Physics Honors
Techniques of Music Theory (semester)
Intro to Computer Programming (semester)
AP Calc AB
English 12 Honors
Pop Culture Honors (semester)
Exploring Family History Honors (semester)
I see No foreign language - what level did you get up to?
Do you have the opportunity to take any other AP classes?
@bopper I took two years of a foreign language already. For students my age, it is possible for them to do APs in all core subjects. However, before junior year, I moved to a new school and my counselor put my into all normal courses because he told me how rigorous the school’s curriculum was in general. So he put my into all normal courses even though I wanted to do at least all honors and maybe APUSH. The only APs I could’ve taken from my schedule would be Calc, Lit, Psych, Human Geo, and Music Theory. I would’ve done AP Music Theory if I had the room in my schedule. Also, I considered doing Human Geo, but my parents advised me to only do one AP because I’ve never done APs before and didn’t want to burn myself out.
What colleges are you interested in attending? Many schools requires three years of foreign language and some prefer 4.
Schools prefer 4 years of foreign language most require 2. The amount which the foreign language plays a role in admissions is convoluted so do what you like.
What are you thinking about majoring in?
I woudl consider AP Psych over Pop Culture as you may get some college credit which can be helpful when you need a little flexibility in college.
I would pick AP human geography instead of pop culture (it’s an easy AP but it’s still more rigorous than your current social studies picks) and techniques music/intro programming should be replaced with foreign language 3 which most selective colleges “recommend” ie., “Require unless you have a pretty darn good reason”.
The second year was Spanish 2 Honors, which is years two and three combined into one year. I’m mainly applying to state schools. Most of them require only two years, but those that want three say they’ll let you take the third level in college. That said, that level should be easy as I’ve already done it before. I’m mainly interested in majoring in computer science and minoring in music, which is why I took comp Programming and music theory. However, for the more selective universities I am considering (University of Washington, UC Irvine), I’ll probably start undecided before choosing a major during my time in college.
The foreign language requirement for college entrance is different from the foreign language requirement for college requirement. College levels aren’t the same as high school levels, so that completing 2 years would only place you into College Spanish 2. You’d thus have to take College 2 and 3. In all cases, take the Spanish subject test to show what level you’ve actually reached, because most Spanish 2H classes count as “level 2 reached”, NOT “level 3”.
If you want to “prove” Spanish 2 Honors combined 2+3 regular, take Spanish 4 regular.
Taking programming and music theory makes sense considering your academic goals.
Not getting into CS at UW or a UC makes majoring in CS extremely difficult.
I still recommend taking AP Human Geo rather than Pop Culture and Family history.