<p>Hello. I am really worried because I don't know if my junior schedule looks rigorous enough. I have like a 3.78 GPA And I want to try to recover myself for college (I am looking into non-ivy schools, but I still don't know what, university of Washington for sure) Here's what my schedule looks like: </p>
<p>1) Spanish 3 (really easy teacher)
2) College Algebra (I got the easier teacher but I'm horrible at math)
3) AP English Lang (I hate English)
4) AP Biology (REALLY HARD at my school, teacher likes me)
5) US History (non-ap, really easy) </p>
<p>Ok for my last two periods can either look like this: </p>
<p>(A)
6) PE Online (grad). / Off Per .
7) Humanities / Finance ( graduation requirements)</p>
<p>(B)
6) Finance online / Off Period
7) AP Psychology
(Take PE online at home) </p>
<p>Well, you definitely want to have the bulk of your rigor in your junior year, so I would choose option B. How many APs are offered at your school and how many can you take per year?</p>
<p>I have about 21 APs at my school and we have an unlimited number. I just want to be cautious because I have a lot of volunteering and working 4-5 days a week </p>
<p>Option B, but you’d need to take Honors rather than regular classes if possible, for UWA in particular since it has gotten more selective in the past few years.
Can you take Honors US History and Honors Spanish 3 for instance.
This is based on my assumption you’re mostly getting A’s right now, therefore that you should be able to handle Honors classes in these two subjects.
What’s in-state for you (Washington?) </p>
<p>Thanks for the reply! Sadly at my school there is no honors unless your a freshman, it’s either regular or AP… I do not live In Washington and I really need a scholarship to go to UWA. Thank you for your opinion!!</p>
<p>U Washington is a public university. It’s been designed primarily for the students in the state, whose parents have been paying taxes there. For this reason, they pay a special price, “in state tuition”, which is much much cheaper than the cost for Out of State (OOS) applicants. IN ADDITION, they may get state grants if they stay in-state… but if a student comes from out of state, obviously they don’t get the state grant.
Therefore, odds are very, very, very low you’ll get a scholarship to attend UWA.
Have you run the Net Price Calculator on the UWA website?
What’s your parents’ budget?
What’s in-state for you?</p>
<p>If you like the Pacific Northwest, look into Lewis&Clark (in Portland), Willamette, University of Seattle, University of Portland, Whitman (top college = reach), Reed (reach), Pacific Lutheran, Humboldt (beware: specific subculture, but gorgeous campus and excellent for biology/environmental science).</p>
<p>Not sure I agree with you @AnnieBeats after a certain number of APs offered, I think there is a plateau in how many you are expected to take, even just based on the limitations of your schedule. For example, at my school, we offer something like 30 APs, but no one can take APs freshman year, and only two are openly offered sophomore year. The kids taking the really ridiculous course loads at my school will graduate with maybe 11 APs, tops, and they took APs that were NOT recommended for their grade level. I’m taking 7, and my guidance counselor is still checking the “most rigorous course load” box for me, if we needed 14+ to get that, no one would be taking the most rigorous course load!</p>
<p>@butterfreesnd I would generally agree with that, but the OP said the school had no limitations on the amount of APs they can take. So over the course of 4 years, I think that 12- 16 is very reasonable </p>
<p>There’s only 1 offered to sophomores and non offered to freshman, 3 of the APs are languages which I won’t be able to take, and 3 are math which I won’t be able to take either. The record at my school for APs was 13 or 14 I think my counselor told me, I told her I wanted to complete like 8 by the time I graduated and she looked at me like I was crazy…</p>
<p>8 is on the upper end of the spectrum, with 4 being a minimum (AP English Language, plus either AP science or an extra AP Social Science, AP Foreign Language and/or AP Math, AP US history, being the ‘expected’ ones.)
What is key is to not overload and take classes where you’re sure you can get a B or more. D’s and C’s in an AP class will not impress anyone. On the other hand, don’t “go light” with study halls and free periods (late arrival and early release are okay for seniors but piling up 2-3 “free periods” doesn’t look good even if the rest of your schedule is 4 APs. :p)</p>
On the other hand, don’t “go light” with study halls and free periods (late arrival and early release are okay for seniors but piling up 2-3 “free periods” doesn’t look good even if the rest of your schedule is 4 APs. :p)</p>