<p>I met with my counselor last Thursday to register for next year. Here is what we came up with.</p>
<p>DAP Graduation Candidate (Distinguished Achievement Honor Diploma)
Hardest courses available to a junior.
This year I made it science heavy so I could finish the AP's in Chemistry, Biology, and Physics. But since I get to take 8 classes a year I will make next year heavy on languages and history.</p>
<p>Schedule</p>
<p>AP Chemistry
AP US History
AP English 3
PAP Physics
Independent Study in Science
PAP Spanish 3
PAP Precalculus
Teen Leadership (good for college according to counselors)</p>
<p>How is it possible to take AP English in your Junior year? Are you taking AP Language and Composition or AP Literature? Because I was under the impression that no one can take AP Lit before your senior year.</p>
<p>I really can't give you a great opinion until you've taken your standardized tests, but your courseload and grades thus far are good. You're on the right track, and maintaining your grades with that type of course selection will look very impressive. As I'm sure you know, junior year is the big year for impressive academics. I know you've mentioned pre-med in other posts, and Cornell has a Bio major in both CALS and CAS, so you may want to look into that on the Cornell website. Good luck!</p>
<p>Good point, SATs are quite important. Thanks for the advice. I did take a practice SAT, which I know is not much of an indicator, but I got a 1510 (old SAT). I'm taking the March 12th SAT just to practice, and if I do well on it then it's a fall back in case I freak out senior year.</p>
<p>It's great that your taking many AP's... but you don't want to overload yourself... You could have straight A's in the 5 other Ap's and a B in the sixth one, and the B is what is going to we focused on much more than the number of AP's...</p>
<p>I don't know, maybe you can handle it... I know a lot of smart kids who have done the same thing (Intel Semifinalists), have dropped out of a few AP's... Not to discourage you, but just my advice and my experience</p>
<p>My old school didn't rank. I'm expecting to be around 60/790 at my new school.</p>
<p>Sophomore year AP next nine weeks: AP Psychology
Junior Year AP's: AP English 3, AP Chemistry, AP US History
Senior Year AP's: AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Biology, AP Physics, AP Economics, AP English 4, AP Spanish 4, AP Spanish 5, AP Government.</p>
<p>I think you'll be alright, actually, I would have taken more APs if I were you heh - Junior year is supposed to be the hardest year :) . Anyways, APs are pretty overrated, there is a lot of reading, but personally I don't think a load of 6 or 7 APs would be too overbearing. Anyways, you've got a nice schedule there, just keep the grades up and you'll be fine.</p>
<p>I don't quite understand how you're taking Calc AB and BC concurrently? Wouldn't you just take Calc BC? And Spanish 4/5? Is there a special program at your school for foreign language or something(Like mine :))?</p>
<p>My school operates by the semester. So I'm taking AP Spanish 4 the first semester, and AP Spanish 5 the second semester.</p>
<p>At my school it's not really a choice between AB and BC. I know BC is the faster course at other schools but at mine I guess it's different. You take AB for half the semester, and BC for half the semester.</p>
<p>That is weird :P, so you are technically getting a credit a semester? That's a pretty major change... Because Calc AB + BC are two totally different courses... So you'd get credit for 2 year long courses in 1 semester, thats crazy :P.</p>
<p>Yeah, it's pretty weird dude. My school has a curriculum of it's own I guess. Kinda like mind of it's own.</p>
<p>Like I said, usually Calc AB and BC are different but I think they are sequenced here. I remember in California BC was harder than AB and more prestigious.</p>
<p>my school is the same way. You can take calc AB for a full year, or calc BC whcih is the first semester AB second semester BC. There is no full year calc BC, it is AB + BC combined. WE have to take tests after school occasionally because we have to move quickly. NOt too bad though.</p>