<p>I am a rising sophomore and I'd like to know if these seem like good classes to take for the rest of high school. My Sophomore year classes have already been chosen officially, and they are pretty much set in stone other than Honors Business Law. I'm little skeptical about that class, but the gave sophomores an extremely narrow selection of electives to choose from. I could switch to Honors Art History in the beginning of the year, and use it to supplement a self-study for the AP Art History Exam. The only AP sophomores are allowed to take is AP U.S. History, which is taught both sophomore and junior year, with the AP Exam being May of Junior Year.</p>
<p>SOPHOMORE YEAR:
Honors Chemistry
Honors Latin 2
Honors Geometry
High Honors English 2
AP U.S. History
Honors Business Law
Non-Weighted Gym/Health B</p>
<p>JUNIOR YEAR:
Dual-Enrollment Principles of Biology (AP weighted)
AP Latin 3
AP U.S. History
High Honors Algebra 2
High Honors English 3/American Studies
Honors Creative Writing
Non-Weighted Gym
o Self-Study: AP Human Geography</p>
<p>SENIOR YEAR:
AP Physics
AP Latin 4
AP Statistics
AP English
AP Psychology
AP U.S. Government and Law
AP European History
o Self-Study: AP Macroeconomics </p>
<p>Do you think so many AP's senior year will be too challenging? I know of kids who have taken only AP classes their senior year, but I do not know how it actually worked out for them.</p>
<p>Thanks for the help!</p>
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<li>How many AP courses does your school offer?</li>
<li>What’s the difference between Honors and High Honors?</li>
<li>If your school has AP Biology, take that instead of dual-enrollment biology. </li>
<li>Is there any way for you to double up on math so you can take calculus in your senior year?</li>
<li>Senior year are you taking AP English Lit or Language? It doesn’t matter much, but a lot of people take Language before Lit, so I assume the former is a little easier.</li>
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<p>Depends on the difficulty of your school and how your grades have been up to that point, but I wouldn’t necessarily recommend taking all AP classes if you haven’t taken more than two at a time in the past.
Block scheduling would make this a lot easier, if your school has it. Also consider your extracurricular commitments, and which AP exams your colleges will give you credit for.</p>
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<li><p>Euro History, U.S. History, American Gov & Politics, Psychology, English, Computer Science, Stats A/B, Calc A/B, Calc B/C, Spanish, Physics B, Physics C…12 in all.</p></li>
<li><p>The lowest level at my school is College (weighted 1.7). Then Honors(1.8), then High Honors (1.9), then AP (2.0). College is very, very easy. Honors really depends on the teacher that you have. For example, my freshman Biology class was technically an ‘honors’ class but it was much harder (Some students who had the same Biology teacher as I did freshman year and then later took DE Biology said that freshman Bio was harder). Meanwhile, another freshman Bio teacher gave students copies of the test the night before to study. High Honors is obviously harder than Honors. i.e. High Honors English reads harder, and more, books then Honors English does. High Honors Algebra II is actually Algebra II and Trigonometry, while just Honors Algebra II is JUST Algebra II.</p></li>
<li><p>No AP Biology /:</p></li>
<li><p>I could actually take Calculus senior year without doubling up, I could just take instead of Statistics. However, I’m really not at all a math person. Is calculus necessary? I know the answer is probably yes, because if you don’t take in high school you will most likely have to take in college. </p></li>
<li><p>I actually do not know. The Course Catalog just says ‘AP English IV.’ I read the description and it sounds more like Lit than Language though. </p></li>
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<p>No block scheduling at my school /: But thank you! Your answer was very helpful I appreciate it so much! :)</p>
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<li><p>So I gather you’re taking seven out of twelve AP classes and self-studying two tests that your school doesn’t offer. (Although you listed AP Latin in your schedule but not in your list of AP classes?)
And I assume you’re taking AP Physics B because C would require calculus. This looks like a good schedule, as long as you’re not planning to major in something really quantitative (math, engineering, etc.). </p></li>
<li><p>That’s fine. How colleges view your schedule will depend on what courses were available to you. Do you plan to take the AP Bio test? (Colleges don’t care much about AP exam scores, but you might be able to get credit.)</p></li>
<li><p>I would recommend taking AP Calculus AB if possible. It’s not too bad. (Probably most selective colleges would recommend this, but some will care more than others. Also probably depends on your major.)</p></li>
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