Is Precalculus with AP Statistics in one class a good idea?

So in our school, there are three options for precalculus. There is regular precalculus, honors precalculus, and then the last one which is called precalculus competition. So it is basically precalculus honors that prepares for competition merged with AP statistics.

Here is 9th grade schedule:
Algebra 2 Competition(It is Algebra 2 Honors credit but has competition problems part of the curriculum)
Spanish 2
AP Computer Science Principle
AICE General Paper
Study Hall 1
Debate 1 Honors
Chemistry Honors
World History Honors

Here is 10th grade schedule:
Precalculus Competition(Do you think it is a good idea)(It has AP statistics merged with it.)
Spanish 3
AICE English Language AS(I am taking A level junior year which is the second half of this course)
AP Physics 1
APUSH(Might as well take AP euro history this year)
AICE Global Perspectives
Study Hall 2
AP Chemistry(I know I can handle two sciences)

The precalculus competition class is taught by my current Algebra 2 Competition teacher.

Also, our school is a block schedule.

You are two grade levels ahead in math.

You are in the hardest version of algebra 2.

How well are you doing in the hardest version of algebra 2?

How difficult is the hardest version of algebra 2 for you?

The first two points suggest that you should be able to handle the hardest version of precalculus offered by your high school, unless the answers to the last two questions are that you are finding the hardest version of algebra 2 difficult and you are not doing that well in it.

I am doing fine for now. I currently have an A in the class. I was just wondering whether precalculus and stats combined might be too much.

The best person to ask about the math class would be your current math teacher who should be familiar with your aptitudes as well as the coursework demands for next year. FWIW Statistics is considered one of the less rigorous APs. IMO your ability to handle the faster pace of a combined class (along with your other classes and ECs) should be the deciding factor.

Work with your guidance counselor and teachers to create an overall schedule that will be challenging but not overwhelming.

My current math teacher would be the one who would be teaching me math sophmore, junior year, and senior year.

for history I would follow your school’s path - if US history is typically taken in 10th grade at your school why not take APUSH? Colleges will most likely expect US History but the year doesn’t matter. It isn’t impressive to take them out of order or anything like that. If US history is an 11th grade course what is commonly taken in 10th

I’d take the class your math teacher recommends.

US History is an 11th-grade course. In 10th there is no social studies class. However, I am deciding to lighten the load in 11th grade by taking an 11th-grade course in 10th grade.

So I will be taking social studies class all 4 years instead of 3 years.

4 years of social studies is pretty common for students aiming for top schools even if you only need 2 or 3 for high school graduation

Also, how would the weighted GPA work for this class. Honors in our school are weighted an extra point and AP is weighted two extra points. So does that mean that if I get an A in Precalculus Competition I would get 5.5 which would be the average of both of the classes?

Ask your GC

I agree that these are questions for your teachers an guidance staff.

Pre-Calc and AP Stats are typically full year courses, so it’s a very aggressive plan. Having said that, very talented math students can probably get through it without issues. My D was taking online Number Theory and Combinatorics classes along with weekly math club meetings/homework and competitions at the same time as Pre-Calc. But there were probably 5-10 students in her 550 person class that I think would succeed at it.

While that may seem like an aggressive pace for high school, note that college precalculus and introductory statistics courses are one semester each. In college, these are typically taken by the weaker-in-math students at the college. In contrast, the high school course in question will have the stronger-in-math students (including the OP who is two grade levels ahead in math), since it is the highest honors course. So it should not be that steep a hill to climb for the students in that course.

“ While that may seem like an aggressive pace for high school,”
AFAIK, we are talking about high school, for which I called it an aggressive plan.

“ very talented math students can probably get through it without issues.”
“ it should not be that steep a hill to climb for the students in that course”

You seem to be disagreeing with me by agreeing with me