Junior Year Course Selection

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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I will be a junior next year and my school is doing course selection this week. Any advice for junior year course selection?

Here is what I chose at this moment

Year-long Classes:

  1. AP Calculus AB
  2. AP United States History
  3. AP Seminar (any experience? I never had a class like this before)
  4. Theology 11 - Ethics and Philosophy
  5. AP Chemistry
  6. Boys Chorus Honors
  7. English 11 Honors

Semester-long classes:

  1. American Foreign Policy Honors
  2. Shakespeare Honors
  3. Statistics Honors
  4. Weight Training
  5. Expository Writing OR Creative Writing (Which one should I take?)
  6. Yearbook Editing

I feel like this seems a lot and way much harder than my classes this year. Plus I also have many clubs and two varsity sports teams. Do you think I should choose some easy classes or this is good?

2

So you take 10 classes a semester? And I’m assuming theology is mandatory.

3

If you take 10 classes a semester and already take AP seminar and English 11 honors I would skip extra English classes like Shakespeare and Writing unless that is your potential college major. Instead take a business class, computer class, tech class or a fun class. I guess I can’t imagine having slots for so many classes and not taking a class for fun outside of the core subjects. I am assuming you have reached at least level 3 of a foreign language.

4

No. There are two classes that meet three times a week after school but they are counted as a part of the school curriculum. And yes, theology is mandatory.

5

Yes I figured it is a little bit way too much but I do have gym class and yearbook editing.

But I am still thinking if I should drop some of them now because it really seems a very heavy course load.