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Hello! I’m a highly ambitious 8th grader who wants to go into STEM or law. I have no experience in Chinese, but it’s something I have always wanted to learn. I already speak Spanish and can write and read it. Please rate my 4 year plan :slight_smile:

Freshman:
Chinese 1
Algebra 2-precal honors
English 1
Honors Biology
Global issues in Historical context
Swimming and Cross Country
Cello ensemble
Debate
Other ECs

Chinese 2 online or in a nearby community college summer before sophomore year

Sophomore:
Chinese 3
Calculus BC lab
English 2
AP World History
Honors chemistry-ap
Debate
Swimming and Cross Country
Cello ensemble
Other ECs

Junior:
Chinese 4(Honors)
Honors Differential Equations
Honors Partial Differential Equations
AP English Language
APUSH
AP Biology
Honors Physics 1
Debate
Swimming and Cross Country and Golf
Cello ensemble
Other ECs

Senior:
Chinese AP Chinese Language
AP Spanish Language and literature( self studying)
Honors Linear Algebra
Honors Multi Variable Calculus
Honors English 4
AP US Government
Economics
AP Physics C
AP Statistics
DEBATE
Swimming Cross country GOLF
Cello Ensemble
Other ECs

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how you are taking honors partial diff eq and honors diff eq in the same year?
If you feel like it’s too much, then ditch Chinese and Spanish. If you really want to do them, then do them. Feel like you going to have very little sleep.
Foreign language have very very little importance for STEM majors

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Honors diff eq and Partial diff Equations are semester classes Thanks for the advice

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Going straight form precal to BC will be somewhat difficult since AB sets the foundation for BC.

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It depends on the school. While some teach AB and BC as a sequence, others teach all concepts as part of a single class.

Well this is still 4 years away for you and you have no idea what colleges you will be accepted to. However, no college will care that you are self-studying a subject, and many colleges will not give AP credit for both AP Spanish Language and AP Spanish Literature.

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I respectfully disagree. OP’s not a STEM major yet, their a HS student and foreign languages are important for HS students

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He would already have Chinese 4 after junior year. That’s enough to meet these so called foreign language requirement for colleges. If he does STEM, AP Chinese at best should be due to his own interests or count it as an elective class in college (very doubtful for STEM).

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Take MVC/linear algebra before differential equations. Your knowledge from MVC could potentially help you understand it better.