How is my overall high school plan?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>I am currently a freshman and my dream is to go to Columbia university. I go to an IB school but we aren't allowed to start the program until junior year. No Ap's are available to freshman. I also play on the schools tennis team. I am vice president of fashion club. Representative for FBLA. On leadership for speech and debate, In drama club, officer for deca, vice president student council and will be in NHS junior year. I work around 10 hours a week. Does this sound like a good schedule for the ives and other top schools?</p>

<p>Freshman
Honors biology- 95
Honors algebra 2- 98
Honors English 1- 97
Honors world history- 98
Honors chemistry- 97
Honors precalculus- 95
Gym (requirement)- 100
French 1 (no honors/ap)-99
Honors civics (online)- 99</p>

<p>Sophomore
Ap chemistry
Honors chemistry topics (ap companion course. Required for ap chemistry)
Ap environmental science
Ap statistics
Honors statistics companion course- (required to take ap stats)
Ap macroeconomics
Ap psychology
Honors English 2 (no ap)
Ap computer science (online)</p>

<p>My school is stupid in the fact that certain AP classes are yearlong which means the first semester is an honors class (taught at AP level) and the second semester is an AP class. There is no way around the system so I have to take the honors chemistry and stats class.</p>

<p>Junior
IB physics HL
IB English HL
IB history of the America's HL
IB math SL (maybe HL but as of now there has not been enough interest for the class so SL is the highest)
IB French ab initio
IB information and technology of a global society (requirement to compete in FBLA and deca)
TOK
Ap European history
Ap music theory (online)</p>

<p>Senior
IB physics HL
IB English HL
IB history of the America's HL
IB math SL
IB French ap initio
IB information and technology of a global society
TOK
Honors film production (pass/fail)</p>

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<p>Desperate bump</p>

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<p>I personally think you’re crazy to even ask. it’s a little bit excessive…you may want to calm it down.</p>

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<p>how do you do that</p>

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<p>You don’t need to kill yourself in high school. Take on as many challenges as you can while still being able to enjoy yourself as a kid.</p>

<p>If you can take all those AP’s and IB’s and pass with a good EC’s and a social life, go for it.</p>

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<p>too. much. rigor.</p>

<p>OP, I guess you didn’t see my post in the other thread?</p>

<p>no point in having a rigorous schedule if you’ll be dead by the end of the year</p>

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<p>Your going to not have a social life and thats what high school is about youll get in just don’t kill yourself to hard</p>

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<p>I am insanely jealous of your school and your opportunities. My school offers seven AP classes (no such thing as IB where I’m from) and when I asked them about going to a local univeristy over the summer they gave me that “lolwhat?” look, because at my school where 90% of the population is hick, there are about two overachievers for every two hundred students. When I’ve asked about my high school plan, people have said that I’m on the right track (I want to go to Cornell), and I have the same grades as you, but not as many AP classes.
So, yeah, your schedule is freaking WONDERFUL. Also, if you’re looking for a real resume booster, look into becoming an exchange student (YFU and NSLI-Y are really good program/scholarships). And try going to a local university even for extra classes, except if it’s offered at your school and you have enough room in your schedule, take that. I have a feeling that an IB class will be worth more than a class at your local university.</p>

<p>Keep it up!</p>

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<p>I can’t even take any of this seriously. </p>

<p>Who takes Algebra 2 AND Pre-Calc in the same year? Pre-Calc builds off of Algebra 2…doesn’t make any sense.</p>

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<p>Why are you asking? You’re planning on taking AP and IB classes at every possible turn, you even said that there is no AP sophomore English like it’s something you’re ashamed of. The pre-AP class is a ‘stupid system?’ Do you KNOW how AP exam scores work to keep the pass rate perpetually low? You should be thankful.</p>

<p>You don’t need to add a postscript to gym saying it was a requirement. We all know no nerd on here would take gym out of their own free will.</p>

<p>I don’t think you know what you’re getting yourself into.</p>

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<p>Trolling?</p>

<p>10char</p>

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<p>If your high school schedule is already that hard, you should pack actually hard APs in your sophomore year. So far the only hard one is Chemistry.</p>

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Not necessarily, my schedule kind of looks like that.</p>

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<p>My school is on the semester schedule so I will have 4 classes each semester. Also the reason I took precal and alg 2 was because I had alg 2 first semester then precal second semester after successfully completing algebra 2.</p>

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<p>it’s a really rigorous schedule that will surely land you a spot in Columbia. That is, if you excel in those classes. </p>

<p>Honors to all AP/IB is a really big jump, one that only a few can really handle, especially junior year. It’s really good that you have everything laid out already, but dont set everything in stone because you dont know when you’re gonna be thrown a curveball.</p>

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<p>Columbia won’t look at your schedule alone and think “well damn she took hard classes” and admit you.</p>

<p>You have to get good grades AND test scores in these classes. The sheer difficulty of that alone is escaping you.</p>

<p>Not to mention ECs, SAT/ACT, every other thing they look at…</p>

<p>I wish you the best of luck but you’re looking at four years of complete and utter hell.</p>

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<p>First off, an exact percentage isn’t needed, an “A+” is still the same as an “A-”; both are weighted at 4 points. Secondly, that’s a pretty nice schedule but it will be a large amount of work as I’m sure you already know. Think it through, having all IB or AP classes will not exactly land you a spot in an Ivy League, don’t overload yourself.</p>

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<p>^ Not necessarily true.
My school assigns a 3.7 to an A-. It sucks but that’s how they do it.</p>

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<p>This looks good to me, but your math track is seriously screwed up. You should take Algebra 2 freshman year, precalculus after that, AP Calculus AB, and BC senior year. IB SL Math is hilariously easy. If you are taking it just to complete the IB diploma, don’t. The IB diploma is worthless, all that matters is your courseload and exam scores for college credit.</p>

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<p>…well, if you don’t get into a school, know that course rigor was not the problem. AP classes being yearlong is the norm here, you must do block scheduling. My school doesn’t offer most of those classes, but I’m pretty sure that would be a painful schedule if they did. even by sophomore year. (never had IB, if it’s AP level that looks brutal.)</p>

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<p>Welp, have fun in hell</p>

<p>If the nerds on cc think your schedule is hard, then your schedule is hard</p>