<p>Hi. </p>
<p>I am currently a junior in high school. I am looking into william and mary, and am wondering what classes I should start looking at for senior year? Btw, my school does grades by semester, so slashes mark each semester. Also, catholic school, so religion is mandatory.</p>
<p>Freshmen</p>
<p>Honors Chem - A-
Geography/History - A
Computer/Health - A
English - A
Geometry Honors - A
P.E - A
Spanish I Honors - A
Religion - A</p>
<p>Sophomore</p>
<p>Honors Bio - A
AP Euro - A (Exam Score: 5)
English - A-/A
Religion - A-/A
Yoga/Flash Animation - A
Spanish II Honors - A
Fitness for Life/English Elective - A
Algebra II/Trig Honors - A-</p>
<p>Junior (this year)</p>
<p>AP Biology
Newspaper
Religion
AP English Literature
Pre-Calc Honors
Spanish 4 Honors
AP United States History</p>
<p>GPA Unweighted Cumulative: 3.9
Other Activities: Swimming (every year) (captain this year); Mock Trial Last year.
Service: Will have 100+ hours by graduation.
PSAT: 187</p>
<p>Senior Classes (these are ones I will automatically go into based on my current schedule).</p>
<p>AP Spanish
AP Gov/AP Comparative Politics
AP English Language
Honors Calc/AP Calc AB
Religion</p>
<p>Any idea what else I should take senior year? What test scores I should aim for?</p>
<p>I’d recommend that you shoot for AP Calculus, as opposed to honors level. Not only will it look better, but it’s likely that the class will be much more rigorous–and you’ll have the opportunity to complete the mathematics general education requirement in high school before you get to W&M. I’d recommend a fourth year of science, preferably physics (at the AP level, if you can stomach it). W&M seems to really like to see students completing the biology/chemistry/physics course, and they also like to see students with four years of math, culminating in calculus. Any idea what you’re planning to major in?</p>
<p>As for testing, it depends on whether you’re applying in-state or out-of-state. Either way, the mid-50% range for the SAT is 1240 - 1450, and the range for the ACT is 28 - 32. Either way, I would try to <em>beat</em> the mid-50% range, but you should definitely be trying to score above that range if you’re applying from out of state. You’ve got plenty of time to study, so buy some prep books and do an online course, if your parents will pay for it.</p>
<p>Edit: W&M is generally only concerned with the mathematics and verbal sections of the SAT, so the range I posted only includes those sections. With that said, don’t totally blow off the writing section.</p>
<p>I will be taking Honors physics next year, I forgot that. My school does not allow AP Physics without regular/honors first, and I could not take it till my senior year due to math pre-requisite. </p>
<p>Looking at international relations, polysci, anything in business/economics. Really interested in politics, my dad says it is good to have something else as a backup (thats why I threw in the business stuff).</p>
<p>Not sure how many classes you can take your senior year but the courses you’ve proposed sound like a good start. We would absolutely recommend physics as well as AP Calc (compared to honors calc). As for the electives you mentioned we’d recommend something that’s core social science class like IR or economics. Business is generally considered a non-core elective and depending on the class, it may be considered a non-academic elective so we’d advise holding off on those courses until college.</p>
<p>Remember that W&M evaluates your best outcome on standardized tests (we superscore the SAT and only evalute the best composite on the ACT) so unless you hit it out of the park your first time around, we generally recommend taking one test a few times or trying each test at least once to give yourself the best chances.</p>