<p>For the most part, I've always been homeschooled until this year--my senior year of high school. I took three classes at a local private high school as a freshman, and made all As and received an award for having the top grade in my chemistry class that I took among juniors and seniors. I've also taken classes at homeschool co-ops. This year, I'm taking four classes at a public high school, one through their online program, and two through homeschooling. I'm shooting for competitive universities (Stanford, U of Virginia, UC Berkeley, etc.), and I've always worked very hard to get all As in my classes. I forsee myself having a problem when it comes to my English credits, though. </p>
<p>Because of scheduling issues at my homeschool co-op, I ended up taking British Literature in the 10th grade (typically a 12th grade class) and ALSO taking English 9, since I hadn't taken an English course the year before. Then, I took American Literature last year, as a junior. At the beginning of this year, I was feeling very ambitious and felt that I could suddenly handle taking four AP classes. (I'd never had the opportunity to take them before, so I didn't have realistic expectations of their difficulty. I was trying to make up for lost time.) I enrolled in AP English online, and also AP psychology, AP Environmental Science, and AP U.S. Government. I was enrolled into my online English class late, and then was bogged down by so much homework from my classes at school that I got a bit further behind in English. When I went to play catch-up, the links to some of the lessons weren't working, and it took me FIVE weeks of trying to contact the teacher/administrators to set things straight. We figured out a way to get me through this semester, but I'm coming to the realization that I cannot realistically expect myself to be prepared for the AP English Literature and Comp. exam by the end of the school year.</p>
<p>SO, my question is: What English class should I enroll in next semester?
Obviously, this is not the best situation when trying to apply to highly competitive colleges, but I think it would be worse to continue on and then not do well on my AP exams, because I was not well prepared.
Should I go back and take English 10, since I never had it, or would going back to take an easier course as a senior look pathetic and seem as if I weren't challenging myself for the future of college? I could take English 12, but my British Literature class that I took as a 10th grader is supposed to be equivalent.</p>
<p>Your advice would be much appreciated! I want to have a competitive transcript/application when I apply to these top-ranked colleges! </p>
<p>Thank you!</p>