<p>Hi guys, I'm a sophomore right now and obvious its quite a bit of time until college and such but I've been getting worked up and stuff about this whole business and I was planning out the courses I would take during high school. I want to get into a pre-med program and such so I'm focusing on sciences and math but I'm not exactly sure what to do.
This was my plan:
I'll just list the 4 core subjects.</p>
<p>Sophomore Year (what I'm taking now):
AP World History
Pre-AP Chemistry
Pre-AP World Literature
Algebra 2</p>
<p>Junior Year:
AP US history
Physics
AP Biology
AP English Language and Composition
Precalc (or maybe skip to AP calc AB/BC ?)
AP Statistics</p>
<p>Senior Year:
AP English Literature and Composition
AP Macro/Micro Econ
AP Calc AB or BC (depending on Junior year)
AP Physics
AP Chemistry
AP Psychology (?)</p>
<p>Is this plausible? Should I take macro/micro econ in junior year? Also I'm wondering about the Math subject during Junior year... Finally, is AP Psychology really that useful/helpful?
Sorry for the bombardment of questions but thank you!</p>
<p>Precalc is pretty useful for AP Calc..so I would suggest you take that first..of course, unless you're a math genius and can teach yourself all the material</p>
<p>AP Psych from what I've heard is really interesting..lots of terms but fascinating. Just depends on whether you like learning about that kind of thing. Pretty easy AP class (this might depend on your teacher though)</p>
<p>Macro/micro isn't bad at all. A lot of common sense, graphs, equations, terms. Also not a hard AP class.</p>
<p>OH! I just read your pre-med thing. I guess if you really want to get done with Calc before college you can start Calc junior year..maybe take Precalc and Calc? that might be kinda pointless though :) I mean Calc really isnt THAT bad so if you're good at math you should be able to handle it.</p>
<p>It's realistic if you're willing to put in tons of work. You're senior year is going to be EXTREMELY stressful when you're busy juggling your classes, homework, and college applications. It's my senior year, and I'm only taking 2 AP classes and 3 honors courses and I'm ready to jump out a window! But, I have faith in you. Good luck!</p>
<p>I just wanted to offer another perspective on concurrent chem/physics. Taking AP Chemistry and AP Physics has actually been very convenient for me. (Keep in mind I take Physics B, NOT C.) Things are quite connected, and studying topics from two perspectives reinforces my understanding (especially with kinetics and thermodynamics).</p>
<p>HOWEVER, your school might have harder classes. Also, I'm a junior, so like others have said, it might be too hard if you have to add college apps on top of everything. Not to mention that the only other AP class I have right now is US History, while you are planning to take many others in your senior year.</p>
<p>My final word of advice is to look into the courseload by chatting up current students. They can offer much more insight.</p>
<p>yes, taking AP chem and AP physics AND AP Calc at the same time is probably not a good idea. and neither is skipping a year in between pre-ap chem and ap chem. not good at all. my sister is asking me for help in her chem class this year... and i took ap chem last year... i've already forgotten a ton of stuff...</p>
<p>AP psych is kinda a fun class, but since you might be taking FIVE other AP classes that year, you might also wanna skip that and take a study hall instead.</p>
<p>(plus... taking a ton of ap classes senior year seems doable sophomore year, when you're all motivated... but once you actually get to senior year, and you've been accepted to college... senioritis starts setting in... and i at least have been thinking... screw all these ap classes... i just wanna get to college!)</p>
<p>Wow, thanks for all the great feedback!
I have one question though.. I heard from a bunch of people and my older brother in college saying that physics will probably help on the medical career.. So like arasam22 said, if skipping a year between pre-AP chem and AP chemistry is a killer, would it be ok to take no physics class and jump straight to AP physics senior year? Or is physics itself not very helpful in a medical career...
I think I'll also talk to the counselor here too :P
Thanks a ton for all the help everyone! :)</p>