<p>I am currently signed up for:
AP Chem
AP US Gov
H Physics
H Spanish IV
H English
Pre-Calc
Intro to Engineering
Phys Ed</p>
<p>Will this be rigorous enough for selective colleges?</p>
<p>Pre-Calc is regular? </p>
<p>How hard is Intro to Engineering? </p>
<p>I’m guessing Phys. Ed is pretty easy? </p>
<p>Overall, it seems good. Spanish IV looks great. </p>
<p>What do you want to major in and become when you grow up?</p>
<p>There is no H Pre-Calc offered for seniors.
Intro to Engineering is my only elective and is certainly not one of the easier ones.
Yeah, Phys Ed is Gym.
I want to be an engineer, either chemical or industrial.</p>
<p>I’m not really sure what classes you took in freshman, sophomore, and junior, but, like I said, it looks ok. Is Phys Ed required?</p>
<p>Thanks for the help. And yes Phys Ed is required</p>
<p>Any other opinions? Should I drop Intro to Engineering and take another AP? Keep in mind that I want to be an Engineer so Intro to Engineering could be useful</p>
<p>I too want to be an Engineer (Software Engineer/Computer Science), and am not going to really bother with courses like those. What will Intro to Eng. teach you?</p>
<p>Yeah it probably won’t teach me much I was just thinking that it may give me an idea for what I’ll learn in college. The only thing it’ll probably do is give me an idea of Engineering show me if I really want to go into it or not</p>
<p>Excellent schedule: it shows ability (5 AP/Honors classes which is what highly selective colleges want), a clear focus (engineering, math, double science), no “gap” (you have English, a foreign language, and a social study). Congratulations :)</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>This is a standard schedule for a HS student wishing to go into engineering if you are not applying to the elite schools, and you have good grades and test scores. Should be fine for just about any in-state flagship and many of the good but not elite private engineering schools. The lack of calculus will hurt you for the elite schools - but other than that, you should do well. If you have strong grades and test scores, feel free to apply anywhere, but be realistic and make sure your state flagship is in the mix.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice</p>
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<p>What would a schedule look like if one were applying to the elite schools?</p>
<p>4 APs both junior and senior year, and at some point, you’d have AP Calc, AP Physics-Mech, and AP Lang in addition to the above AP classes. For the truly elite schools, you’d also have AP Physics-E&M (if offered) and Calc III to be competitive.</p>
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<p>That’s not bad, but for the very top schools, the best candidates will have an even tougher schedule. Unfortunately, your school seems to offer AP Calc in a way that wasn’t intended.</p>
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<p>I don’t understand what that means…</p>
<p>The only suggestion I’d make is taking AP English if available. Otherwise, I think you’re fine.</p>
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<p>I don’t work for the college board, so I have no insight into what they “intended,” but if you’re referring to the sequential offering of AB/BC, yes, each school will offer mathematics the way it sees fit, and adapt accordingly. Schools that offer it sequentially rather than BC as a standalone will obviously spend less time on the AB subtopics and more on the BC. In any case, colleges will evaluate a candidate based on their performance viz a viz the offerings in their school, and not hold it against the candidate that had a lesser course selection than one who went to Exeter.</p>
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<p>E&M I agree with. Again each school handles it differently. Some cover both parts of Physics C in a year, some take 2 years. But let’s be real, it’s the very, very elite high school that will have MVC/LA as part of their curriculum. </p>
<p>I think you’re fine even for the elite colleges,depending on whether this is the most rigorous schedule you can have.
For instance, if your high school only has 4 AP classes and you took 2 junior year, 2 senior year, your schedule is the most rigorous available.
Precalc instead of calc, if calc is offered, will definitely hurt you. However if it’s due to your being placed into a stream or track in 6th, 7th, or 8th grade, with no possibility of deviation once you’re in, you should write it down on the bullet point list you’ll give your guidance counselor so that it shows it’s not due to lack of aptitude or laziness, but rather on something entirely too deterministic for an 11 or 12 year old.
Again HPhysics is fine if AP Physics is not offered (you will NOT be penalized for classes your school doesn’t offer) but make sure it’s specified on your bullet point list for the counselor to indicate.
I’m assuming you took AP LAng junior year - if not, take it instead of HEnglish.
A way to make you stand out a little would be to try and take a math or science class at a community college or try to dual-enroll.
What colleges are you aiming at?
Or is that a schedule for someone else (since you have another schedule discussed elsewhere on this website)?</p>
<p>My updated schedule for Senior Year is:
AP Chem
AP Comp Sci
Fundamentals of Calculus (I’m taking Pre-Calculus at my local community college)
H English
H Spanish IV (May drop for AP Stats)
H Western Civ (dropped AP Gov because I picked up AP Comp Sci and Fundamentals of Calc)
H Physics
Gym</p>
<p>Is this schedule more rigorous/better than the original one? (I’m going into a STEM major so I’ve focused on Math and Science classes). Should I drop the Spanish for AP Stats or would Spanish look better? </p>