Junior and Senior year: Planning courses

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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I’m sorry this is going to be really long, but I had a couple questions before I made at commitments.

First things first, do I need to take science classes junior and senior year of high school?
I am currently a sophomore in Pre-IB. Next year , instead of continuing with the IB program, I am planning on taking some ap classes mixed with dual enrollment, which means I will be able to choose which classes I want to take (The primary reason I want to escape from the IB program). I took Bio in 9th grade and am taking physics and chem this year (I think the bio and chem are listed as pre-in and physics is listed as honors, all of them are weighted as AP). But I am not the biggest fan of science. I know I probably should take science classes next year but I was wondering if it would look awful on my college app if I didn’t. I was thinking I could take AP physics, but it’s not offered at my school.

Onto another topic, I’m currently in Spanish 3. Would it look bad if I stopped taking Spanish? (I really want to learn Spanish but I hate the way it is taught; I can’t understand what the teacher Is saying, they make up their own curriculum, they just ramble on about global issues, expects us to be able to hold a conversation in Spanish about the global issues, etc.)

Also, I’m in Pre-Calc and I am planning on taking AP Calculus BC online this summer, which would probably take me until the end of first semester junior year to finish. What math classes would I even be able to take senior year if I do this? I guess I could take stat, but then I would want to take that junior year while I am finishing up Calc online so I can still have a math class next year.

One more question:
Would it look awful if my junior and senior year are full of electives that I might be interested in majoring in?
For example: Psych, Philosphy, Criminal Justice, Computer Science
(I could probably take AP Comp Sci and AP Pysch online, so that might not look as bad?)
As in what if I didn’t take any math or science classes? Since I technically have enough credits to graduate college, so I don’t need to take any more classes?

I guess what I’m asking is he I can fill up my schedule? I want it to look like I had a rigorous curriculum, but I also want it to be enjoyable. I am in love with learning and want to increase my knowledge on various topics, but I don’t know the best way to do this. Please help!

Sorry for all the questions

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I suggest you take at least one more year of science; lots of colleges want four years of a lab science (and in some cases, they mean at least one lab science every year). If you’re more interested in the sciences you listed, perhaps you could try Environmental Science? It’s more interdisciplinary than the three “standard” sciences. Check the requirements for the colleges you’re interested in.

If you’ve got AP Calc BC under your belt, you can take college math senior year (Multivariable Calculus, Linear Algebra, Differential Equations…). However, it depends whether your school/CC offers them. Your CC probably does, but it depends on the school for in-school courses. I think it would look fine if your classes align with your interests–it may even impress colleges.

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For the physics, you could do an AP online or an honors or something. Some community colleges will let you dual enroll in physics with no pre-requisite.

For spanish: I would try to take one more year or AP Spanish, it would look really good on colleges.

What colleges are you possibly thinking about?

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Man, your school sounds awe fully similar to my school. WPHS ?

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Pretty close, just a few counties down… PHUHS

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I don’t know if you tag people in this or not to reply… This is my first post

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And I was thinking of probably a Florida public school, but I would be elated if I got into MIT or Stanford… But I got a couple Bs this marking period so I might have ruined my chances…
Also, AP physics isn’t offered at my school or on flvs (which is where I would take it) so I could always take it at the college…
Do you have any more information on AP Spanish? I think it would be too difficult for me, I barely understand the language but have been taking it since 7th grade

I’m gonna try tagging you @southernbelle16‌

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I think Physics is critical, especially if you’re going to apply to top tier schools. I think normally to take AP Spanish (depends where you take it and the teacher), you need like 3 or 4 years of Spanish. I’m not 100% positive though. I mean you could also do a Dual Enrollment Spanish. I know people who took French or Chinese and went into the class with no Spanish knowledge and passed with an A.