Hey everyone, I’m new to this forum and I put together a list of the courses, clubs, and sports I plan to take and I eanted to have your opinion on them. I’m currently entering 8th grade but I have always wanted to become a doctor when I grow up because I like how they help people and I hope I will someday help people too as a doctor. Are 4 clubs too much considering I’m gonna take AP and PreAP classes? Should I leave any of those clubs? Should I leave any of those sports?
Do you think colleges will like all of what I will list below if I stick to all those clubs and athletics for 4 years and having a gpa of 3.75 and higher? Do you have any tips? Anyways, I want to have your opinion on what I will list below:
8th Grade
Art 1 [1 Credit]
Spanish for Spanish Speakers 1 [1 Credit]
9th Grade
English 1 PreAP [1 Credit]
Geometry PreAP [1 Credit]
Biology PreAP [1 Credit]
World Geography Studies PreAP [1 Credit]
Athletics [1 Credit]
Spanish for Spanish Speakers 2 (Spring Semester) [1 Credit] and Health Education (Fall Semester) [0.5 Credits]
Drawing 1 [1 Credit]
10th Grade
English 2 PreAP [1 Credit]
Algebra 2 PreAP [1 Credit]
Chemistry PreAP [1 Credit]
AP World History [1 Credit]
Athletics [1 Credit]
Spanish for Spanish Speakers 3 PreAP (Fall Semester) [1 Credit] and Psychology (Spring Semester) [0.5 Credits]
Principles of Health Science [1 Credit]
11th Grade
AP English Language and Composition [1 Credit]
PreCalculus PreAP [1 Credit]
AP Physics 1 [1 Credit]
AP US History [1 Credit]
Athletics [1 Credit]
Health Science 1 [1 Credit]
Communication Applications [0.5 Credits]
12th Grade
AP English Literature and Composition [1 Credit]
AP Calculus BC [1 Credit]
Anatomy & Physiology of Human Systems [1 Credit]
AP United States Government & Politics (1 Semester) [0.5 Credits] and AP Macro-Economics (1 Semester) [0.5 Credits]
Athletics [1 Credit]
Clinical Rotation - Practicum in Health Science [2 Credits]
EMT Basic - Practicum in Health Science [2 Credits]
And here are the clubs:
Clubs, and associations:
National Honor Society (10th to 12th Grade)
Health Occupations Students of America (10th Grade to 12th Grade)
Student Council (9th Grade to 12th Grade)
Debate (9th Grade to 12th Grade)
I have never heard of Pre-Ap but this schedule seems manageable.5 clubs are manageable but with 2 sports might be hard. No one knows better than you do so you must decide though. Nice Plan though
Dude, chill. You’re going into 8th grade. There’s no reason you need to be on this site already. You’re in middle school; just enjoy the relative ease of school and have fun. Don’t worry about the next 4 years of your life and have every detail planned out. Take it one step at a time. Okay, you want to become a doctor. That takes enough time as it is between med school, residency, etc. No need to spend 8th grade and all of high school planning everything out; just enjoy being a kid.
It can and will change obviously, but this sounds like a good class plan to me. Depending on how much time the clubs require and what time they meet during the year, it could be tough with sports.
Is Pre-AP basically the same thing as Honors? Your plan looks really competitive. I think trying to handle 5 clubs and two sports might be overwhelming, especially with your course load. Maybe just do 2 sports and 3-4 clubs? You are going to need to make sure that you have enough time to get all of your school work finished. This plan does seem nice, but just remember that it is very, very likely that your plan will change at least once while you’re in high school. Make sure not to stress about it too much either.
Maybe OP enjoys planning things out. Our middle school GC encouraged us to research and gather information about high school in 8th grade. Freshman year counts, too, so it’s great that you’re planning ahead and you’re aware.
Being aware is good. As is taking high school credit in middle school. Planning freshman year is fine but beyond that is not. Things change, your interests,classes offered. OP needs to be flexible
5 clubs and two sports might conflict with each other too much. If some clubs meet everyday like sports do, you’ll obviously have to choose one over the other. Being involved is good, but a Yale admissions officer said they’d rather say a few clubs or activities that they are heavily involved in rather than a lot of ECs they are only half invested in. I don’t have the link, but it’s out there.
Also, it’s good to be prepared for what you want to do, don’t get me wrong. However, your schedule will probably change as your interests change. In the beginning and through freshmen year, I wanted to major in music education with an emphasis in wind conducting. But now, I really want to major in Speech Language Pathology. Don’t be alarmed if your schedule changes! Mine has many times now.
4 years of a foreign language or at a minimim 3 is normally recommended, even if you are fluent in Spanish. It is not too early to plan out high school in the 8th grade. Basically that’s when you need to plan out high school because some courses aren’t offered every year and some courses have prerequisites. If you want to apply successfully to the very, very top colleges an unweighted GPA of 3.90 positions you much better. This is basically one B grade per year
Yeah, I think I’m gonna make a second high school schedule and then compare both, would you be willing to see which one is better for me afterwards and looks more rigorous to colleges? I think it’s never to early to plan something, my school requires some classes to be taken before taking the ones I want so I gotta make my schedule considering that.