<p>So I'm picking my schedule for this year and I want to make sure that I'm not setting myself up for failure. My main concern is my lack of a foreign language senior year in addition to the fact that I won't have a history (I have psych which is a social science though). What do you think?</p>
<p>Frosh year I took:
Bio H.
Geom H.
World History H.
English I H.
Latin II H.
Theology I
Health
Honors Wind and Percussion Ensemble</p>
<p>Soph Year
Chem H.
Alg II/trig H.
AP Euro
AP Art History
English II
Latin III H.
Theology II</p>
<p>Junior Year
Physics H.
Pre Calc
AP Stat
AP US
AP English Lang
Latin IV H.
Theology III</p>
<p>Senior year I will have
AP Physics B
AP Bio
AP Calc
AP English Lit
AP Psych
Studio Art
World Religions/Death and Dying</p>
<p>My courseload is THE most rigorous. I’ve had to get 3 exceptions in order to take the courses I want. But, I am really concerned that colleges will frown upon the fact that I am not taking a language or history course senior year. Is this true since I’m taking more challenging courses in lieu of those?</p>
<p>It’s an excellent schedule, rigorous with a very good balance of core courses in math, science, and english. That you’ve completed Latin IV is impressive. I don’t see the benefit of a language senior year unless there is a Latin course above Latin IV, which I suspect is not an option.</p>
<p>Colleges compare the courses that you’re taking relative to what is offered at your school. My sense is that your schedule would be viewed as (a) well balanced, and (b) most rigorous.</p>
<p>“World Religions/Death and Dying” certainly looks like a social studies course to me. When colleges mean history they OFTEN (but not always) mean social studies or social science. You also have four levels of a language, which is what is OFTEN (but not always) meant by “four years of a language.”</p>
<p>Well my school offers Latin IV/V but it shows up on my transcript as Latin IV and would next year show up as Latin V. But I would actually be sitting in on the same class 2 years in a row. So while technically there are 5 levels, there really aren’t at my school. Would a guidance counselor be able to explain this?</p>
<p>In response to your question about Latin V, and how the class is structured, that’s a detail of how your school handles an advanced language class. It’s not of interest to colleges. They just see Latin V, and they would think of it as the higher level.</p>
<p>So should you take it? You have more Latin than 99% of the applicants, and I expect that you’re meeting/exceeding the language requirements of the most selective colleges.</p>