<p>I am an 8th grader in the middle of planning her high school schedule. I had an issue with a grad. requirement but I got that sorted now. Comments?</p>
<p>9th grade:
Honors English 9
Honors Geometry
Spanish 1
Biology
PE 1 / Health 1
Speech / Info. Tech.</p>
<p>10th grade:
Honors English 10
Honors Algebra 2 w/ Trig.
AP Biology
AP World History
Spanish 2
Aerobics { seriously. -_-' }</p>
<p>11th grade:
AP English Comp.
Honors Pre-Calc.
Debate / Intro. Art
AP U.S. History
AP Psychology
Spanish 3</p>
<p>12th Grade:
AP English Lit.
AP Art History
AP Physics
AP Spanish Language
AP Government / Senior Seminar { at my school AP Gov. is a one semester course taken with Senior Seminar, a grad. requirement }</p>
<p>I'm proud to say it meets all requirements and leaves me with 11 APs under my belt. Yes, I know these classes are not set in stone, it just pleases me that I can at least fit everything I want in.</p>
<p>Where is the science junior year? Unless she despises science (which it doesn't look like since shes taking APs) I would think she should take one every year. Calc senior year is also quite important. I would worry less about the number of APs and worry more about the subject matter that you want to focus on. Maybe add an extra class senior year because 5 doesn't seem like too many.</p>
<p>Yes, it's nice that you think you can fit all your desired classes in, but trust me, there WILL be schedule conflicts. Usually with AP classes [especially], they are only going to be offered for one or two periods of the day, and when two [or more] of your courses are offered only at the same time, you end up having to drop them. All four years of high school [for me] I've had crappy scheduling conflicts, and ONLY THIS YEAR could I make the scheduling department break some rules and get me in the classes I wanted.</p>
<p>But on a more positive note, your schedule looks fun :[</p>
<p>edit - Yeah, you definitely need Calc senior year.</p>
<p>i only count 10 aps. even so, that's a formidable number! be aware that your prejected schedule will probably change. like you, i plaaned out my 4 years when i was a freshman, and it definitely didn't stay that way! you may encounter scheduling conflicts of become very interested in a certain subject. i did a few independent study classes, some online courses, and took pe at a local community college to meet my graduation requirements and still take all the hard/interesting classes. you also might want to add a 6th class your senior year! keep up with math and science, even if you aren't interested in it because you may do well enough on ap exams to place out in college and most colleges like to see 3-4 years of math/science.</p>
<p>What INVENIAMVIAM said--there will be scheduling conflicts! I had a solid idea of the electives I wanted in freshman year (AP Computer Science & its prereqs), and I got about halfway through before I found the rest of my schedule conflicted with the last prereq. Sigh.</p>
<p>Good luck with everything, I hope that your schedule works out better than mine & that you don't get too stressed. :]</p>
<p>It looks to be a fairly solid schedule, although I would suggest that you consider taking honors courses where their available [for like bio and span and the like, your school is prolly different from mine though).</p>
<p>As you mentioned, this schedule is definitely not set in stone; don't expect to take everything which you signed up for (and be open to new opportunities as they come along, you may change your mind about a class or two come registration time for each successive year).</p>
<p>I did the same thing in 8th grade, and I didn't follow half of what I have planned. Reasons being:
1) My interests changed
2) School/district policies changed
3) Schedule conflicts</p>
<p>So expect some changes in your planned schedule, and good luck in everything. </p>
<p>I also think you should put Calculus in your planning.</p>
<p>i have 5 aps this year (senior). by the time i graduate, i will have taken 11. all the rest is honors and courses needed to graduate. </p>
<p>i also agree with the person who said you will have no social life. in addition to a rigorous schedule (you're obviously an overachiever so i assume you're applying to 1st-tier colleges/Ivy leagues) you NEED extracurriculars. do you play an instrument? join some clubs, do some community service. you need to show admissions officials that you have a passion for something, not just that you take hard classes and (presumably) get good grades.</p>
<p>NO social life my arse. It is wholly defendant upon your own personal extroversion and the actual difficulty of your classes, as well as your ability to manage time well. </p>
<p>Plenty of people at my school take course-loads more rigorous than the one here and still have time to, err, socialize.</p>
<p>AP Biology sophmore year? Maybe it's just my school, but that class is probably too hard for a sophmore. Maybe you're some kind of biology genius, but otherwise, I'd save that one for your upperclassmen years. Also, I didn't see any lower level science classes outside of biology. Unless your middle school offers classes like rudimentary physics and chemistry, both AP Physics and Biology will be very difficult.</p>
<p>Otherwise, the schedule looks very fun! Make sure you know how difficult the classes you're taking before you sign up...</p>
<p>11 AP classes at the end of high school is not crazy. I am taking 6 this year, I will have 12 APs at the end of high school. And I do have a life (I think). But I agree that schools vary and AP classes are not all the same.</p>