<p>How does this look schedule wise:
AP Physics
AP Calc A/B
AP Honors US History (teacher is etremely demanding - all students get 4's and 5's on exam!)
Honors Chemistry
Honors English
Music Theory
Symphonic Band</p>
<p>He is opting to not take a third year of Spanish - maybe senior year he will take it - but he dislikes the teacher and finds the class slow and boring. He loves math and music and could take add'l music classes in place of the AP Physics and then pick up Spanish.</p>
<p>I wouldn't let him skip a year of foreign language. See if there's another teacher (I don't know the size of the school) or a better honors/AP teacher (even if he's not that good at Spanish, sometimes a demanding, interesting teacher makes a difference). But especially since he hasn't had the extra year of foreign language in middle school--at my school, people usually start freshman year in year two of a language, and make their way up to year five--I'd definately make sure he slips that in there. </p>
<p>I'd also recommend dropping a science. Two sciences in a year is certainly admirable, but I really think he'll need that foreign language for colleges. AP sciences tend to be demanding, and if he's using that Honors Chem as a pre-req for AP Chem senior year, you may want to drop the Physics. Of course, it's all about what interests him most.</p>
<p>Other than that, he looks like he's got a great schedule, and good for him for acknowledging his music and math passions!</p>
<p>Nebraska's</a> High School: Course Info</p>
<p>This is a link to an online Spanish 3 class - it might be too much on top of an already heavy courseload, but it may be helpful in the future if he is still faced with less than ideal classroom options. The U of Nebraska has been doing distance ed for decades, and should be known to colleges.</p>
<p>Also, is there a community college nearby or a community ed program where he could continue with Spanish, even if it's at a less intense level?</p>
<p>Which AP Physics is that?
AP Calc AB shouldn't take up too much time.
Honors chem will be very time consuming</p>
<p>It also depends on ECs. Does he do stuff during the school year? Like a part time job, research, volunteering, etc?</p>
<p>I was actually in a very similar situation at my school this year. I'm a junior and at my school, and Band and Spanish 3 were in the same period. Since band was also my most important EC, I opted to take band.</p>
<p>My schedule turned out like this:</p>
<p>AP Eng
AP World
Band
AP Stat
Trig
AP Phys</p>
<p>Luckily, for next year, they moved some periods around and now I'll be able to take Spanish and band.</p>
<p>Band
AP Chem
AP Calc
Spanish 3
AP Eng
AP Bio
Online: APUSH</p>
<p>Maybe your son could do something along the lines of what I did? Try and talk to your counselor.</p>
<p>I had this problem too, I wanted to sign up for too many AP classes without getting graduation requirements. Also, since I have a good chance at a state magnet school, I need to get courses that will help me while I'm there.. (All APs are online and year-long.)</p>
<p>What I wanted:
Sophomore
AP Cal BC
AP CS AB
AP Psych
AP Government
Dual enrollment General Chemistry I
Dual enrollment General Bio I
Honors English II </p>
<p>What I now think is better:
AP Cal BC
AP CS AB
AP Physics B
Honors English II
Dual Enrollment Bio I
Dual Enrollment Chemistry I
Dual enrollment Elementary Spanish I
Dual Enrollment Elementary Spanish II</p>
<p>Here's was/is my senior year courses (9 period day):
AP Calc BC
AP Bio
AP US Gov
AP Lit
AP Spanish
Japanese 2
American Sign Language 3
Band
PE (req.)</p>
<p>Now I know every school is diff't, but in my cases, it was def. doable--esp. b/c I really love languages. I had actually wanted to take AP Spanish Lit and AP Psych (a science at our school) instead of AP Bio, but schedules don't always work out.</p>
<p>I had to drop Spanish for a year to meet a requirement. I think it should be fine if he continues again his senior year. There are also plenty of summer programs for Spanish immersion (if he is really that interested in keeping the language) that could put you one (or maybe even two) year(s) ahead.</p>
<p>He did take a year of Spanish in 8th grade - so he's actually had 3 years of Spanish - so his transcript will show Spanish II in 9th and Spanish III in 10th. He loves math and was disappointed that he could not go directly into Calc BC - he took AP Stats and Honors Precalc this year and found them both very manageable. I'm not sure which AP Physics is being taught - it's new this year for the school and the teacher said it will be math based - so that appealed to him. He does do extracurricular - academic team, golf, baseball, jazz band, and hopes to do a regional youth orchestra - so he is always busy....</p>
<p>AP Physics B requires no calculus and is generally and easy course at my school. If kids don't take AP Chem/AP Bio Junior year and AP Physics C E&M/Mech senior year, they take AP Physics B junior year.</p>
<p>AP Physics C E&M and Mech require a lot of calculus. And you should have a basic understanding of physics before going into that class.</p>
<p>Just a consideration of ambiguous weight:</p>
<p>Most colleges like to see at least 4 consecutive years of one foreign language.</p>