I’m aiming for (at the moment) Brown (possibly PLME), POMONA :love:, Rice, Stanford, Penn, and Yale.
Questions:
Will taking only 3 history classes hurt me? My school doesn’t offer an official freshman history class, and I’d much rather take an AP science class than an additional AP Euro or something.
Any other AP classes I should consider?
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My plan is (currently) as follows:
Freshman:
Honors English 1
Honors Algebra 2
Honors Biology
Honors Latin 1
TV Broadcasting 1 (just for communication skills, YouTube, etc.)
String Ensemble (the “Honors Orchestra” class, basically)
Freshman Choir
PE/Health (mandatory for all four years ugh)
Sophomore:
Honors English 2
Honors Pre-Calculus
Honors Chemistry
Honors Latin 2
Honors US History 1
AP Economics
either Choir or String Ensemble
PE/Health
Junior:
AP English Language and Composition
AP Calculus AB
AP Chemistry
Honors Latin 3
AP US History
AP Biology
either Choir or String Ensemble
PE/Health
Senior:
AP English Literature and Composition
AP Calculus BC/2
Genetics (it’s like “AP Biology 2”)
AP Latin
Honors World Cultures
AP Physics 1
either Choir or String Ensemble
PE/Health
Wow what a rigorous schedule just make sure you can handle it. Aim for a 4.0gpa. I dont think taking only 3 years of history will hurt you because your school does not offer it. When the time comes make sure you tell the admissions officers in which the schools your applying to the situation.
Other AP classes to consider:
AP Environmental science
AP Human Geography
AP Microeconomics
AP Microeconomics
AP Art History
AP European History
AP Government and Politics
AP Statistics
AP Psychology
Good luck!!
What do freshmen take for social science? If AP Human Geography is offered, it’s one you could take to replace freshman history since it’s an " AP gateway course" for academically strong freshmen/sophomore.
Any particular reason you’re taking Latin? If it’s because of med school, their recommendation is a language spoken by immigrants, which may include Spanish, Arabic, Russian, etc., or Creole (French/Haitian), Hmong, Somali… Of course these are less-commonly taught even in college and aren’t offered in high school. But I’d advocate taking a spoken foreign language and, as a preparation for your college internships at clinic, to volunteer at a clinic in your town and see if you can pick up some sentences or use the language you’re learning in school or see if COmmunity Education offers a class in that rare language.
The rest of freshman year looks fine, with a nice coherence to the “personal choice” of music.
Sophomore year is good, except for the foreign language.
Junior year: DO NOT take both AP Bio and AP Chem (two of the most time-consuming, taxing APs) the same year. Choose one or the other.Since you’re into music, you could take AP music theory if your school offers it. Or take another subject entirely.
Senior year: AP Lit is for the student who’s seriously committed to literature. Great if you love reading and discussing classical novels, but if you’re not Honors EnglishIV is perfectly acceptable. Genetics would have to go and be replaced with AP Bio or AP Chem. Because you haven’t taken Physics you’d have to take AP Physics 1. An alternative would be to take AP Bio and AP Phys1 junior year, and AP Chem and Genetics senior year.
Everything else is good.