<p>Hi,
I posted this in a different category by accident.. anyways..</p>
<p>I'm currently a sophomore in high school, but I don't think the classes I chose for junior year are rigorous enough. Help or advice on what I should take? I'm interested in world health, plan on majoring in biology or biochemistry in college and becoming a doctor. Thanks in advance! Also Cornell is my dream school, and I'm thinking of applying to either CALS or CHE.</p>
<p>Junior Year -
AP Bio (double period)
AP Language and Composition
AP Psychology
Honors Precalc
Honors Physics
SAT Prep/Philosophy </p>
<p>If this helps, heres my predicted senior year schedule -
AP Chemistry (double period)
AP Literature
AP Calculus AB
AP World
Anatomy/Physiology
AP Comparitive Politics OR AP Physics</p>
<p>Hmmm, the first thing I notice is that I am taking AP Bio, AP Psychology and Honors Pre calc all in sophomore year, I want to go to Cambridge, Stanford or Harvard. My school is small and does not offer AP World but I know that usually this is a sophomore year course. I took honors world history freshman year. Then I took the AP test and made 4. AP psychology should be pretty easy, I want to go into the medical field as well so I naturally love biology and chemistry and do a lot of studying in my spare time. SO those should be easy classes for an aspiring doctor. </p>
<p>Suggestions:
-Take AP Physics senior year for sure.
-Try adding in another AP for Junior year lke environmental science or something
-Take Calculus BC instead of AB
-Get a lot of extra curriculars!!!</p>
<p>I think you should definitely add AP Physics to your senior schedule but take AP Gov too. To make the room, I would get rid of AP Psychology and the SAT prep course for junior year and add the double period AP Chem. Oh and take Calc BC if possible.</p>
<p>I disagree; don’t add another AP class. The seem all fine and dandy up until you’re left studying for 4 AP exams in one week. I also disagree with the suggestion to take Calc BC before AB…Unless you want to go into engineering, don’t take anything harder than you need to. Most of the seniors at my school aren’t even in Calculus AB, and they’re being accepted into some of the top colleges–Stanford, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Dartmouth, Brown, Amherst, Williams, etc.</p>
<p>I can honestly tell you that skipping introductory courses in college via AP credits is horrible. AP classes really don’t prepare you that well–and they’re still not easy. It’s better to be a happy, well-rounded and well-adjusted student than an overwhelmed one.</p>
<p>I’m also a sophomore with Cornell aspirations, but for Political Science and French.
I would definitely take AP Physics and possibly AP Gov as well. Could you do a more “rigorous” (in some eyes), AP Social Studies besides World? I haven’t taken it (Not offered at my school), but some do view it as a sophomore/freshman class. Also, AP Biology is pretty easy. I took it this year. Just a lot of memorization
My schedule for next year is: AP Language, AP US History, AP European History, AP Chemistry, Latin 3, French 3, Accelerated Pre-Calc.
Also, DO NOT take BC if you aren’t going into a math intensive career. Useless (Coming from my friend who is going into engineering)</p>