<p>I will be a high school sophomore next year and I just need to know if this schedule looks good. I also don't know whether I should take precalculus over the summer or not. I'll show my schedule from this current year and the one for next year. I'm planning on being an engineering major on either aerospace or petroleum (undecided).</p>
<p>Freshman (current):
Honors English 9
Algebra II
Honors Biology I
Honors World History & Geography: Part I
Spanish II
Health & Physical Education Grade 9
Craft (It's really just art class except you <em>craft</em> things)</p>
<p>Sophomore:
Honors English 10
Precalculus (OR AP Calculus BC depending on whether I decide to take precalc over the summer or not)
Honors Chemistry I
AP Physics 1 (This is like Part 1 of 2 of AP Physics B; There is an AP Physics 2 class)
AP World History
Spanish III
Engineering Explorations I</p>
<p>Is this a good schedule for a sophomore. I generally work well and can complete a lot of work, the issue is I tend to procrastinate. And is this courseload too much say if you do a sport that can end anywhere between 5:30pm-7:00pm afterschool every weekday? I wanna be an engineer.</p>
<p>It’s doable, but it’s 3-5 hours of hw per night.</p>
<p>I have the same problem, very bright, but tend to procrastinate. If you are truly set on Engineering, it may be best to drop AP History, because as someone in it right now, it is A LOT of reading. And takes a lot of time (and I read an average of a book a day). If you feel that you’re up to the homework, then take Pre-Calculus over the summer, but remember that if you don’t, you will still be two grade levels above the average math student. I wish you the best of luck, and remember, it is better to do advanced work in classes that you are passionate about and do WELL in all of them, than to load your schedule with APs and find your grade slipping away</p>
<p>maddyelizabeth:
i dont want to drop ap world history cuz 1) it gets rid of required college courses for that class 2) looks better on my transcript and 3) doing honors world history/geo. part II is a little low for me, most of the kids there will be kids who don’t care a lot bout school but just do honors for show. i dont like hanging around those kids.</p>
<p>as for precalc, i dont know. i took geometry over the summer last summer and taking precalc…eh. i feel like that will be taking too much math in the summer; colleges like to see courses over the year rather than summer. so im still unsure bout precalc. i know i can handle the hw, geometry was a cakewalk.</p>
<p>I understand your thought about the AP credits, but I should add that you seem to be a brilliant girl, headed for a top college. And, sadly, top universities don’t tend to count AP courses as real credits, but merely as a way to skip an introductory level course. I totally understand about not wanting to be in the under-achiever class (although I was stuck in that one last year due to a schedule conflict and let me tell you that teacher loved me to the moon and back) though, so whatever works out best for you personally!</p>
<p>If you have other options, such as a summer program or volunteering then yes I would highly suggest those. But of course, taking a summer course is better than sitting around watching tv</p>
<p>Trollface: Does your high school offer classes after Calc BC or would it allow you to dual-enroll at a local community or state college to take College Calc 2, Multivariable Calc, Discrete Math, Linear Algebra?
If not, don’t hurry through your math classes.
Check that you can go straight from Precalc to BC, some high schools consider AB a first level class to be taken before BC.
Even if you can take a class or two at a CC after CalcBC, you could still do that senior year, taking BC junior year.
Your summer should be dedicated to activities you like, plus having fun. You’ll have to write a short answer about a summer (either post sophomore or post junior year) for some colleges and writing you took a class and that’s it won’t really cut it. It doesn’t mean you need to do something extraordinary, either. It means you need to do something meaningful to you, that you’ll be able to explain and present in your own unique voice. What makes you tick, what you find fun how you create your own fun and can have an original take on a commonplace situation… your voice should come through. It could be working at the Supermart, going to the beach with your family, staying with your grandparents who live way out in the boonies, etc. Your summer activities should show you as someone who is more than “school student”.</p>