Junior and Senior Year Schedule Questions

Applying to College
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<p>Note: R is what they call Honors in our school; and for some weird reason, English has 3 levels, S, R, and then Honors R (which is the most advanced)</p>

<p>My schedules for Freshman and Sophomore years were:</p>

<p>9: World History 2 R, Intro to Computer Applications R, Chinese 1 R, Biology R, Gym/Health, Intro to Business R, English Honors R, Geometry R</p>

<p>10: Physics R, Chinese 2 R, Algebra 2 R, English Honors R, Gym/Health, Pre-Calculus R, AP U.S. History 1, Chemistry R</p>

<p>These were graduation requirements: Intro to Comp Apps R, Intro to Business R, 2 years of Chinese 2 R, and Theater Arts Oratory R</p>

<p>I got straight A+s freshman year and am expecting the same or very close for sophomore year</p>

<p>Anyways, we do our schedules for next year (junior year for me) relatively early so I have a dilemma I hope the nice people of CC could assist me with. The main question is, Should I continue Chinese? previously, it was not offered past 2, but it is now (possibly up to 4 i think). This was the schedule I was thinking of having before for junior and senior year:</p>

<p>Junior:
Gym/Health
AP Calculus AB
AP Calculus BC
English Honors 3 R (or AP Lit. if I'm allowed)
AP Physics
AP Chemistry
AP U.S. History 2
AP Environmental Science</p>

<p>Summer Between:
Multivariable Calculus at a local CC/Rutgers University (Unless this is offered for me Senior Year)</p>

<p>Senior:
Gym/ Health
AP Statistics or Multivariable Calculus
AP Literature or AP Language
AP Bio 1
AP Bio 2 (yeah we have it split into two courses)
AP Macroeconomics
Theater Arts Oratory R
Anatomy and Physiology R</p>

<p>So, if I take Chinese 3 and 4, this is how my schedule would change: </p>

<p>Junior:
Gym/Health
AP Calculus AB
AP Calculus BC
English Honors 3 R (or AP Lit. if I'm allowed)
AP Physics
AP Chemistry
AP U.S. History 2
Chinese 3 R</p>

<p>Summer : same thing as before</p>

<p>Senior:
Gym/ Health
AP Statistics or Multivariable Calculus
AP Literature or AP Language
AP Bio 1
AP Bio 2 (yeah we have it split into two courses)
Chinese 4 R
Theater Arts Oratory R
Anatomy and Physiology R</p>

<p>So what do you guys think is the better schedule? If I only took up to Chinese 3, would that be acceptable? Also, taking the two chinese classes may affect my rank negatively because APs are weighted heavier in consideration to rank. </p>

<p>Thanks for all the help and reading through this long post! I really appreciate all the comments and advice!</p>

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<p>Your choice of courses looks as though you’re planning to apply for some very selective colleges. If so, focus first on the core curriculum before you take on electives or very advanced courses. And the core curriculum should include 4 years of one foreign language. Yes, you can do with less, since the most selective colleges say “3” years are required but 4 years are preferred.</p>

<p>So take Chinese 3 and 4. Ideally you’ll be able to take the AP Chinese exam.</p>

<p>And I recommend that if you do end up taking AP Chinese I recommend that you don’t skip taking English or a history/social studies course in your senior year.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I want to get into a 7 year Med Program or a really good Undergraduate. The only Ivies I’ll probably apply to are Princeton, Harvard, Columbia, and Brown (med program). </p>

<p>I don’t know if I’ll be ready for the AP Chinese Exam, because I don’t think we will go that far indepth; AP Chinese is not offered in our school, but it will be for the people after I graduate apparently. So what I am thinking now is that maybe I should take AP Macroeconomics Senior year instead of Chinese 4 and stop at Chinese 3. Would that be ok? Thanks for the help!</p>

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<p>I recommend that you take Chinese 4 rather than the AP Macroeconomics. The language course is “core”, while the AP course is very much an elective.</p>

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<p>Oh I see. Also, if my school were to stop offering Chinese after level 2, would it be ok for me to only have 2 years of a foreign language?</p>

<p>EDIT: Actually, they offer up to Chinese 3 R at the moment. I have a feeling that there’ll be a Chinese 4 R, but you never know.</p>