<p>Hello!</p>
<p>I've seen some pretty rigorous schedules on CC, so I just wanted some feedback on what I've been doing so far and what I should do next year.</p>
<p>My school only offers 10 AP classes and no honors classes, only accelerated courses called "advanced". Also, as far as GPA goes, I'm a 4.05W and 3.92UW, 9/266 class rank. How does this match up for top schools, like UChicago and Penn?</p>
<p>Year (approx. class rank)</p>
<p>Freshman year (13/266)
Adv. Geometry
Adv. Physical Science
American Studies
English 9
P.E.
Intro to Engineering
French I</p>
<p>Sophomore year (10/266)
Adv. Algebra 2<br>
Adv. Biology
English 10
P.E./Health
AP US History (4)
French II
Personal Finance/Principles of Engineering</p>
<p>Junior Year (8/266, as of first semester)
AP Language and Comp (also took literature and comp)
AP Statistics
AP Government
Physics
Precalculus
French III
Sales and Marketing/Intro to Business</p>
<p>Senior Year (projected)
AP Art History
AP Human Geography
AP Calculus BC
Chemistry
French IV
Psychology/Sociology
Humanities II/Communications Analysis (trying to test out of this requirement)</p>
<p>What do you guys think?</p>
<p>Looks good! You have a nice balance of APs and electives.</p>
<p>Seems pretty balanced…I was relieved to not see 7 AP’s each year, with the OP asking if it was good enough to get them into Harvard.</p>
<p>Hahah, I definitely do not have 7 each year! Thank you all for the input.</p>
<p>HARKWORK, what do you mean? I play tennis, if that’s what you’re asking?</p>
<p>Yes I am! Year round tennis!</p>
<p>meh, could use more APs earlier. And calc senior year is a little behind</p>
<p>Yes, Rusty, I would’ve considered all of your responses heavily if the general consensus was that I needed a heavier load. My counselor, as much as I like him as a person, is relatively new, especially with students applying to upper level schools. Often, I feel as though he doesn’t recognize how competitive and extreme (>12APs or so) some students are.</p>
<p>It wouldn’t be too late for me to change my schedule, so your inputs are actually worth more than just a confidence boost, haha. Would it be worth taking AP Chemistry next year?</p>
<p>HarveyMudd, APUSH is the only AP offered for underclassmen. Also, calculus bc is the highest level math offered at my school offered as a senior at my school and primarily for seniors, with the exception of people who pay to take a year of math over the summer, which my parents were not interested in doing.</p>
<p>Also, I’m quite confident I got a 5 on the AP Stats test this year. Would it be a good idea to look into taking a upper level statistics class at my local state university?</p>
<p>I would try AP Chemistry, but go over basic chemistry the summer before, and ask upperclassmen who took AP Chemistry without taking regular chemistry first how hard it was.</p>
<p>yes, take more math hi-level courses at local university.</p>
<p>I understand sometimes the school will refuse to allow soph. to take APs more than one, and I’m sure you tried to get them to…thats rough, my school will let you take as many APs as you want as soph/fresh as long as you test into it…</p>
<p>I would take another AP if there was anything left besides AP Chem or AP Bio. I strongly dislike science, and I’ve heard pretty horrible things about these classes at my school. </p>
<p>I’ll def look into some upper level statistics classes.</p>
<p>@HarveyMuddLove Seriously, how is OP behind at taking AP Calculus BC senior year? It’s the highest math class at most high schools; I don’t think it matters when you take it. Honestly, I feel like it’s kind of unnecessary to skip math classes or get ahead just so you can take it earlier, unless of course AP Statistics is really important to you (but you could also double up like OP did) and/or you’re majoring in something math related and want to take classes at a community college. That is definitely not the case for everyone, though. There are a lot of majors that will probably never even touch Multivariable Calculus, Differential Equations, etc. Just thought that comment was a bit ridiculous… OP, your schedule looks solid, and props to you for making it to the hardest math class in high school.</p>
<p>it does when you are trying to get into top schools, where most applicants have taken it junior year or even younger…and are now on higher level math classes.</p>
<p>I agree with both of you, to an extent. Reaper, you’re right in that higher level math is not required for top tier admittance. I’m positive with that. Sure, it may look good, but so would taking graduate level chemistry. Some things are just not available or plausible for high school students. Mudd, I think it’s silly that you assume most high school students have taken it their junior year or earlier.</p>