I am a Freshman right now and my school finished schedule registration. My orchestra teacher told me my AP classes are conflicting with my orchestra class. My schedule was supposed to be:
Gifted Chemistry
Chamber Orchestra
AP European History
AP English Language & Composition
Spanish 3
AP World History
Accelerated Pre-Calculus
To continue, AP Euro and Lang are co-requisites ,so I can’t take them separate as a Sophomore. Chamber Orchestra is also the top orchestra class ,and as a freshman I was surprised to be chosen for it. The conflict is that AP Lang is during Chamber Orchestra. I have to make a decision to either drop AP Euro and Lang or possibly be placed into the Concert (freshman) orchestra class again. Right now I’m gonna keep the APs. Thoughts?
I’d drop AP Lang & AP Euro. AP Lang is usually taken as a junior year anyway. You would still get your 4-years of English. Instead, take English 2 Honors. It would be kind of weird if you took AP Lang > AP Lit > English 4 Honors. Don’t take AP Euro unless you’re deeply interested in history, not because you want as many APs as possible. One AP as a sophomore is fine. Your schedule is rigorous enough. It seems like you enjoy orchestra a lot, so I would just stick with it.
Why do you need both AP Euro and AP World History the same year. I’m not sure dropping AP World would help with your schedule issue but not sure why both in one year? Is it a block schedule?
@clyson - but why AP World the same year if they are already taking AP Euro? The AP language/AP World going together make sense to me and AP Language is a normal 10th grade ELA class at our high school though it is more common in 11th grade.
Thanks for replying! I would actually take AP Seminar with English 4 Honors as a junior and then AP Research and AP English Lit as a Senior. I wish I could only take AP Lang and World. I’ll consider what you commented. Thanks again.
@momtogirls2 - I definitely think taking two history or social studies classes is overkill.
@Gamprince I’m a little confused then. Why would you take AP Lang then English 4? You would be a junior meaning that you should take English 3. I would take English 2 > AP Lang w/ Research > AP Lit w/ Seminar. This way you the concepts in AP Lang will be fresh in your mind when you take AP Lit. You’ll use a lot of concepts you learn in AP Lang in AP Lit.
Hands down most kids signed up for that want to take AP Lang ,but are forced to also take AP Euro. It’s an exclusive small class of kids chosen from class rank. That exclusive class period interferes with orchestra @momtogirls2
Check with your guidance counselor whether you can take AP Lang with an AP history junior year.
Whatever you choose, DO NOT take both AP Euro and AP world the same year. It’s an island amount of work.
Sorry I didn’t see AP world was required and they your school has block scheduling. Still, check to see whether you could simply take AP English with another class junior year.
(AP seminar is nice but not a deal breaker)
Most of the students take AP Lang and APUSH as Juniors the AP World/Lang/Euro is only for sophomores some sophomores even take AP World/Lang/Euro/ and AP Seminar. @MYOS1634
The teachers for the AP World/Lang/Euro all communicate assignments and tests. They know each student in that specific class is taking the two other APs @skieurope
What will matter to colleges is that you have one each of English, math, social science/history, science, and foreign language. Everything else is icing on the cake.
I guess I’m not sure if you want to take the double period or if you’d rather take orchestra, and whether you might simply take a similar double period junior year, thus ‘have your cake and eat it too’.
I can still take orchestra next year with the APs. Just not Chamber orchestra. I could wait for Chamber until Junior year and explain on my college applications how I chose the APs sophomore year and postponed Chamber. @MYOS1634