<p>Hello, I'm wondering whether or not my sr. year course load is tough enough for the top schools such as ivies, MIT, etc. Follow the trend please. </p>
<p>Freshman:
Everything honors except english and spanish due to scheduling difficulties </p>
<p>Sophomore:
Everything honors except spanish due to scheduling difficulties.
AP: World History
AP Self-study: Biology and Environmental Science </p>
<p>Junior:
Everything honors
AP: Physics C, Statistics, U.S. History, pre-AP English.<br>
AP self-study: Calculus BC, U.S. Government, Psychology</p>
<p>Senior:
Honors: Math Team, Science Research, Music
AP: English, Chemistry, Macroeconomics(????maybe????)
College: [Summer before Sr.Year]: Calculus III [Fall]: Calculus IV, Physics E&M II [Spring]: Linear Algebra </p>
<p>I'm thinking of not taking AP Macroeconomics because I do have those college courses that I certainly want A's in. Based on my trend of several AP's including self-studied ones, is taking only 2 AP's sr. year along with college courses tough enough. I'm just a bit worried with such degrees of selectivity among the top schools. All responses are greatly appreciated =).</p>
<p>bumping again… please help me out</p>
<p>Your best bet would be to compare schedules with kids in your school that have gotten in to HYPM in the past.</p>
<p>Thanks. Any other comments?</p>
<p>What math is Calc 4? You normally go to differential equations after Calc 3…unless you are taking multi over two semesters, which is still kind of silly. Your schedule doesn’t seem tough enough btw. You’re doomed to Public Ivy failure.</p>
<p>differential eq is generally considered as calc4</p>
<p>Huh, first time I ever heard that. Interesting…</p>
<p>Well, I think generally the most important thing is that you push yourself so you’re taking one of the hardest course load possible in relation to other people at your school. So, figure out what that is. Like, if a large majority of people are taking the college courses without macro, you probably should take macro. (Note: I am a high school senior as well, and am in no way qualified to answer this question, but this is how I figured out my schedule.)</p>
<p>I go to a public school with about 5000 students, with about 1050 in my class. Out of all of those students, only 3 or 4 of them are taking the math college courses I am, senior year. But, I’m the only one taking the Physics course. Here’s the math breakdown: </p>
<p>AP Calculus BC covers Calc I + II
Calc III is called, Multivariable calculus (Math 201)
Calc IV is called Advanced Calculus (Math 202). </p>
<p>At MIT, Calc I = Calc I + II and Calc II = Calc III + IV.
Basically, I don’t need to take Calc IV, but Calc III isn’t enough to get MIT credit (not that I’m there yet, just using it as basis). </p>
<p>And I can’t take Differential equations because at the college where I’m taking my classes, Linear Algebra is a pre-req.</p>
<p>Looks pretty tough to me</p>