First quarter recently ended and We chose our class. These are the ones I chose:
AP Bio
AP Chem
AP Lang
AP Stats
Pre-Calc Honors
US History
Thinking about AP Euro, (not sure)
I dropped Spanish (should I add it back in?)
I do a few clubs and a sport, will my schedule be too filled up?
BTW have taken AP physics 1
I wouldn’t take Chem and Bio at the same time, and especially not with two history classes. I would add Spanish back in and drop a science. I would also only take one history class. Something I’ve done throughout high school that was really valuable to me was always schedule in a course that’s not traditionally “academic”. For example, orchestra, ceramics, photography, and drawing are all courses I took throughout my years. It was a nice way to become a more well-rounded person while both having a full schedule, managing my homework load, and having a bit of a mental break during the school day. For you, art might not be your thing, but there’s music, consumer science, PE, creative writing, etc. Find what works for you, but seriously, don’t take Bio and Chem at the same time.
Why should I not take chem and Bio together? Is it too much work? Too hard? And I have PE in my schedule I just didn’t write it on here
Don’t take AP Bio and AP Chem concurrently. In addition to the time commitment required by virtue of being AP’s, each requires a lot of time for labs and lab reports. For many schools, these classes are either double-periods, or require additional time before/after school. Save one for the following year.
If you’re targeting a college that requests/requires 3+ years of foreign language, add Spanish back in.
NONONONO don’t take AP Bio and AP Chem at the same time.
I would drop AP Stats too…you have Pre Calc.
Take one math, one science, one english, at least one social science and a Foreign language.
Have you taken regular/honors Bio? Reg/Honors CHem? Reg/Honors Physics? If you haven’t take one of those. Next year decide what AP Science to take.
Have you taken US HIstory yet?
Keep spanish unless you have gotten to Spanish 4 already. You want that for top colleges.
Check out AP Economics or Psychology as well.
Take EITHER AP Chem or AP Bio since they’re some of the most time-intensive AP classes. They’re hard AND you have the labs, and lab reports.
I assume you’ve taken regular bio and chem previously and are taking AP Physics 1 right now.
Add Spanish back in (reaching level 4 is a must if you’re aiming for a top college, reaching level 3 is a minimum for a selective college).
Why not take APUSH? And save AP Euro for next year.
AP Lang
Pre Calc
APUSH or US history
Spanish
AP Bio OR AP Chem
one more class (can be AP unless you’d take AP Spanish)
Thanks for your guys’ answers! Just a couple of questions; is it ok if I take regular Spanish 4 instead of honors (I hate Spanish). Also, I see everyone saying no to taking AP chem/ AP Bio concurrently, my question is how many AP’s do top colleges want you to take during junior year.
Top colleges want to see certain classes, which may or may not be AP.
Yes, you can take Spanish Regular - what matters is level reached.
Typical for a junior aiming at top colleges, APUSH, AP Lang, Precalculus Honors, Foreign Language 3 or 4, and Honors Physics or AP Physics 1 or another AP science, plus one academic class or a class that makes sense wrt your college goals.
It’s not the number of AP’s but rather whether you have the most rigorous classes for your grade level and a set of classes that make sense.
Colleges are not going to analyze your schedule on a year-by-year basis; they will look at the aggregate. Additionally, they will look at your schedule compared with what is offered. If a school only offers 4 AP’s, obviously one cannot take 8. On the flip side, if a school offers 20, you’d be disadvantaged (depending on the college) by only taking 2. IMO, taking more than 6-8 AP’s or equivalent over the course of a HS career will not add appreciably to an application. Now there may be a valid reason for you to take more than 6-8, but not for admissions. Exception being if you attend a top HS where top students are all targeting HYPMS-type schools and are taking 12+, 6 will be uncompetitive. Again, it’s all in context.
While she’s right, I just want to clarify that most rigorous does not mean that every single class needs to be honors or AP.