<p>Note: No, I am NOT trying to be pretentious or "show-off"-y in any way. Im just looking for some real advice. I'm currently a sophomore, taking the maximum honors/ap courses available, mexican-american (if that counts for anything ;p; non-native speaker), and definitely looking in the upper-tier schools (perhaps ivy-league, stanford, ucb, etc.) okay....</p>
<p>Sophomore courses (current):
Honors Algebra II
AP World History
Honors English Literature
Honors Spanish 5/6
Honors Chemistry
PE</p>
<p>Junior courses (projected):
Honors Pre-Calculus
AP US History
AP English Language
AP Spanish Language
AP Chemistry
AP Art History</p>
<p>Senior courses (projected):
AP Caluclus AB
AP American Government/Honors Economics
AP English Literature
AP Biology
Honors Senior Seminar</p>
<p>so basically my question is, in what order should i take my science courses? should i substitute AP Physics B for one of my courses? if so, what year? should i double up science courses? should i replace honors senior seminar for AP Physics? should i take both? am i on track for upper tier schools? would you recommend any additional courses?</p>
<p>thank you in advance! :)</p>
<p>First, yes, Mexican-American helps a lot.</p>
<p>My daughter is currently a junior and taking 5 AP courses. It's a big load of homework, but it can be done. What is senior honors seminar? If it's just kind of fluff, then take the AP Physics. If you're aiming for non-humanities type of schools, then you should definitely have physics on your transcript. </p>
<p>You should go on each school's websites. They usually have a section for admission requirements. Just keep in mind that those requirements listed are the minimum they expect.</p>
<p>Idk what senior honors seminar is - if it's not a required class I say switch it out for an AP. Doubling up on sciences is not absolutely necessary unless you really want to go into a science field. So you could switch physics in for biology if you prefer that, or you could try and take both.</p>
<p>Also, colleges do like to see four years of language, and I see you've only got 1, but I guess it's different for you because I'm going to assume you speak Spanish already.</p>
<p>^thats highly unlikely.
to asian.....i wil take three years of spanish during high school. i did spanish 1/2 in middle school (7th and 8th). i am NOT a native speaker, if i was i wouldve taken french. i only say this because everyone presumes since i am mexican that i can speak spanish fluently, but i promise you that this is not the case.
to mom..thanks for your advice i will definitely go on their websites</p>
<p>edit: just noticed a typo, its AP Calculus...</p>