Is this schedule rigorous?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>Sophomore Year (Already complete -- I got all As)
AP European History
AP Statistics
Honors Biology
Honors Chemistry
Honors Spanish 3
Honors English
PE
Pre-Calc (Unweighted as our school as no honors math)</p>

<p>Junior Year
AP Language and Composition
AP Computer Science
AP Biology
AP Calc AB
AP Psychology (Self-Study because school doesn't offer)
Honors American Government (I am not allowed to take any AP alternative)
Honors Spanish 4
PE (need credit)
Study Hall</p>

<p>Senior Year
AP Physics B
AP Physics C
AP Calc BC
AP Macroeconomics
AP Chem
Honors English (I am not allowed to take any AP alternative)
Study Hall
Study Hall</p>

<p>Some information about my school and me:</p>

<p>I am a rising Junior.</p>

<p>We have block scheduling. This means I cannot "fit" certain APs such as AP English in my senior year.
We use a 5.0 weighted GPA scale with Academic classes unweighted at 4.0, Honors classes weighted at 4.25, and APs at 5.0. To add, my high school is 10, 11, 12 only (my "Freshman year" was spent in middle school). For this reason I had to take all unweighted classes in freshman year. AP Statistics and AP Euro were the only APs I was allowed to take in Sophomore year.</p>

<p>I want to major in Computer Science and maybe do a Pre-Med track in college (I know they are vastly different fields and I am not sure yet!)</p>

<p>I am (planning on) taking every AP my school offers except Music Theory, Enviro Sci, APUSH (doesn't fit in block schedule), AP Lit, and AP Comp Gov</p>

<p>I finished my sophomore year with a 4.25 weighted and 4.0 unweighted GPA. I took AP Statistics and AP European History (only two APs I could take).</p>

<p>My main questions/concerns:
One of my main concerns is that many posts talk about rigor and all, but they don't seem to touch on whether the ordering of courses matter since colleges consider Junior year more highly. For example, does it make a difference which courses you take in Junior year and which courses you take in Senior year? In my case, I am wondering if I should take Physics in Junior Year?</p>

<p>Is this schedule rigorous in terms of ivies? (This is about the most my school offers, mostly due to block scheduling)</p>

<p>Will colleges recognize that my school's block scheduling and 10, 11, 12 high school system kept me from taking certain classes I wanted to? If yes, how so?</p>

<p>I am taking one block worth of Study Hall in 11th and 2 blocks in 12th because the only thing I can take otherwise is an unweighted elective which would just lower my weighted GPA. Is this the right mindset, or should I take an elective instead of study hall?</p>

<p>Any general comments or recommendations? (Let me know if there is any additional information that would be useful that I left out.)</p>

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<p>Just take the most rigorous courseload that your school offers.</p>

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<p>I am aware of this advice from other posts. I am indeed taking what is the most rigorous courseload that my school offers. However, my questions and concerns are a bit more specific I believe.</p>

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<p>No, you’re fine. You listed (if my counting skills don’t deceive me) 12 APs, which is a great many more than a lot of high schoolers. I wouldn’t worry about the 2 study hall periods either: it’d be different if the rest of your schedule was similarly lax, but you have 5 APs. I’ve only done 2 Junior year, with 5 scheduled for upcoming Senior Year, so I think you’re doing fine. If anything, you may consider breaking up the physics, doing 1 junior year and 1 senior year, but that’s entirely up to you.</p>

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<p>There is no such thing as AP Physics B. Just do physics C. Find one more course for senior year and you should be good.</p>

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<p>@guineagirl96‌ our school has two AP physics courses, Newtonian Mechanics and Magnetism, so I wasnt sure what to call them for simplicity’s sake so I just referred to NM as B. </p>

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<p>Thats AP Physics C mechanics and AP Physics C E&M if they are calculus based. AP Physics C comprises of two exams, both calculus based. If they are not calculus based (algebra based), then that would be what used to be one exam, AP Physics B, but is now two exams, AP Physics 1 and 2. If it is the first one (both AP Physics Cs), then do them both.</p>

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<p>Ok thanks, I was actually confused about the difference between the exams. </p>

<p>Does anyone have any input on ordering if classes, such as what to take in junior year and what to take as a senior? </p>