<p>Geometry
World History honors
Honors English II
Honors Chem
Tv production/weight training
Faith and tradition/Prayer
Spanish II (long story behind that, not that i can't do Spanish honors, but it will effect my math, Chem, and English class) </p>
<p>Is that bad? It's the most I can do this year, next year I'll have 3 APs and 4 APs my Senior year.</p>
<p>How is it as a schedule for Amherst, Bowdoin, Middlebury, Salem State, Tufts, JHU, UPenn, Columbia, or Dartmouth?</p>
<p>BUMP BUMP BUMP BUMP 10char</p>
<p>No APs? or IBs? TV production/weight training/faith and tradition/prayer?</p>
<p>Bad.</p>
<p>It depends, does your school offer many honors and AP classes? Or are you taking the most rigorous course load possible? Most of the schools listed there want a transcript filled with honors and AP classes. But remember not to overwork yourself and give yourself a schedule that you cannot handle.</p>
<p>…APs don’t start until 11th, the only AP class they have in 10th is APUSH. I took U.S history last year, which was the only course offered at that particular school (SMALLLL Christian school, I’m going to a new school that is catholic, and they took World history in 9th. Not u.s.h), so I can’t take it again this year… I have to take world history honors. I have to take TV production/weight training as my elective, and since it’s a catholic school I have to take tradition/prayer as it is REQUIRED at a religious school. So yeah… it’s all I can really do. NEXT YEAR, I’ll have all APs and Honors. There are no IB schools in the Tampa bay area except for CCCHS, which has like 10 different courses to choose from in the IB, and it’s too far from my house. </p>
<p>Here’s my 11th grade schedule (I just went over it with my g.c):
Physics honors
Spanish III honors
AP European history
English III Honors
World religions
AP Art History
Algebra II honors w/ trig </p>
<p>12th as followed:
Anatomy & Physiology honors
AP Spanish Language
AP English lit & comp
AP Gvt and Politics
Peace and justice
AP Art History
Pre-calc honors</p>
<p>@hatshepsut - that’s a stereotype. there have been plenty of people from this school that I’m new to, this year, that went to JHU and other comparable schools without the stereotypical courseload that is often perceived. My cousin got accepted to Cornell with 5 APs (no legacy, my aunt [his mom] went to Yale and my uncle [his dad] went to UConn, and not a URM: White male from Conn…) I’ll have more than him by the time I graduate. </p>
<p>Thank you guys, but I think I’ll seek my guidance counselor for more information…</p>
<p>“My cousin got accepted to Cornell with 5 APs”</p>
<p>nevermind, I take that back: he only had 1-3. all the rest, honors. straight As. which is the same as me.</p>
<p>I think this schedule looks appropriate. But it won’t matter how challenging the courses if you don’t get great grades. And if you are just a rising sophomore, I will recommend that you spend the summer reading, reading, reading. It not only will help you with testing, you’ll improve your speed and be better able to manage your growing workload leading up to college. And please, don’t take course just because you think colleges will be impressed. Take classes that are the most challenging , yes, but ignore anyone who tells you not to take a class you think would be interesting. Interested students almost ALWAYS get better grades.</p>
<p>Finally, someone who understands. please excuse my level of hypocrisy as I asked this question before I went to my guidance counselor where he set me straight. no one needs 15 APs and 3,000 hours of c.s and research to get into an Ivy league like more people think. it’s taking courses you enjoy, and filling your life with extracurriculars that you enjoy. not doing stupid stuff because you think it’ll impress the adcoms, and taking 15 APs sure as hell won’t impress them if it’s nothing you’re even interested in. a lot of people have it wrong! thank you for your insight, as it makes more sense :)</p>