Is my junior schedule not challenging enough?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>AP Calculus AB
AP United States History
Latin III Advanced
Advanced Drawing and Painting
English (Should I take AP English Language?)
Physics
Research Class</p>

<p>I also have sports afterschool, and I am the editor of the school newspaper.</p>

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<p>Maybe take AP English so you have 3 APs?
But AP Calc is amazing. I’ll only be in Pre-Calc</p>

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<p>it’s probably above average at your school…for me i’d consider it subpar, maybe add AP english and take AP physics instead of regular??</p>

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<p>I agree with @katastrophic, AP English would look really good. Since you apparently good at math, try AP Physics B or C maybe? :)</p>

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<p>Sorry @HarveyMuddLove I didn’t see your post before I posted.</p>

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<p>Thanks guys. I’ll sign up for AP English then because I really want straight A’s this year and AP Physics might ruin that for me.</p>

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<p>It also depends where you want to go in the future.</p>

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<p>AP Physics B shouldn’t be too hard for you since you seem to be good at math.
AP English can be either really easy or really difficult depending on how good you are at English. Think CR section of SAT/PSAT.</p>

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<p>No, precalculus was a huge pain for me and I had to work my ass off in order to get a B+.</p>

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<p>You have a very rigorous math schedule (most juniors are in Algebra 2 or Precalculus) and AP US History is a pretty tough class, so I’d say it’s fairly rigorous. </p>

<p>Also, you may say you’re bad at math, but if you took Precalculus in 10th grade, two years ahead of most students, you really are a good math student. Your schedule is plenty rigorous, but if you are really aiming for top colleges, I would probably recommend AP Physics B. It is a little challenging, but it is not a nightmare by any means.</p>

<p>Also, AP English is easy if you’re good at reading and writing. I’d say if you got around a 650-700+ on the CR or writing part of the PSAT/SAT, it’ll be a breeze.</p>

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<p>Thanks for your thoughtful post, Rob. I’ve come to the conclusion that I will add AP English to my schedule, but I am afraid of AP Physics…very afraid</p>

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<p>@rhythmmelon: Haha, AP Physics B is VERY simple math. Basic trig and alg. 2.</p>

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<p>Well, if you don’t want to take it, you don’t have to. 3 AP classes is plenty to be competitive at top colleges.</p>

<p>But personally, I took regular Physics my sophomore year and found it to be really simple and straight-forward. I think taking AP Physics B would not be terribly difficult, because we covered about half of AP Physics in our normal physics class. But if you don’t feel comfortable taking it, don’t do it. It’s better to take 3 AP classes and get all 5’s rather than spread yourself too thin. :)</p>

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<p>Thanks Rob. I’ve never taken high school physics before, so I think I’ll just focus on the humanities AP’s my junior year with one math AP hahaha.</p>

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<p>haha yeah. i also took ap bio without taking bio. but it’ was really stressful and overwhelming to learn the information from 0…</p>