AP Chemistry
AP U.S. History
AP Calculus AB
AP Economics
AP Environmental Science
Honors English 11
Orchestra
(I am taking my 3rd year of French right now, not planning to continue)
rate my courseload, please!
Chem, USH, and Calc AB are somewhat normal for a junior by themselves, but you have two (three, if Economics is really Macroeconomics and Microeconomics combined) other APs along with them. I would save Environmental or Economics for senior year, if possible. You need time for extracurricular activities and standardized tests, which will be very important this upcoming year. Just a heads up, Chem and Environmental also often test on the same day for AP exams (and if I’m not mistaken, the same exact time).
Also, dropping a foreign language before finishing the sequence (and you’re right before the end of the sequence) is generally frowned upon, but look at your targeted colleges’ recommendations. If three years is recommended, then not taking French IV won’t hurt you; if four years is recommended, you’d better take French IV instead of AP Environmental.
Overall, it’s pretty solid, at least a 7/10.
4/10
No interrelation, excess work
10/10, this looks very challenging! Best of luck! However, I agree with @r2v2018. Because you already have five APs, I recommend taking out AP Environmental Science, saving it for senior year, and taking French 4.
Best of luck and have a good day!
5.34/7
Your schedule would be more rigorous with French 4 instead of APES.
Are you thinking of majoring in social science, since you’re doubling up on this field?
If not, save AP econ for senior year. If so, perhaps push AP chem to senior year and take honors physics or AP physics1 instead (easier) in order to do very well in both AP economics and APUSH.
Thanks for all the replies! The schools I’m looking to only require 3 years, however I dont think replacing physics 1 for chemistry will make my scheduale any easier, especiallu considering the 60% fail rate of physics 1 with a 5% passing rate. Plus I have a 97 in chem, kinda fun.
Thanks again everyone for taking your time to respond I really apperciate it!
If you’re aiming for top colleges, they’ll expect one each of bio, chem, physics, plus one more (AP if you wish). AP chemistry is very hard conceptually even for kids who did well on honors chem and it’s a big time commitment compared to AP Physics1. The fail rate is due to the fact at many schools AP physics 1 replaced honors Physics but is harder although less broad and the math skills required, algebra2, may not be sufficient depending on the class level and the grade achieved.
Darn, I may not be able to fit physics my senior year…
how about…
AP Chemistry
Honors U.S. History
AP Calculus AB
AP Economics
AP Physics 1
Honors English 11
Orchestra
AP Chemistry
Good class if related to major.
Honors U.S. History
Does not help at all with college history. Not rigorous enough.
AP Calculus AB
Not rigorous enough. I would recommend self-studying this through MIT OCW and buying your own book.
AP Economics
Incredibly easy, heavy workload
AP Physics 1
Incredibly easy, heavy workload
Honors English 11
A dual enrollment class would fare much better.
Orchestra
Unless you are talented, this is bad.
Classes do not complement each other.
1 Yes I want to be a biochem major
2 no intentions of doing history in college, I’m in AP world and clinging on to my 91%
3 planning to do calc bc senior year, want a solid foundation, not interested in doing calc 3
4 economics, eh or maybe apes
5 physics 1, Interested
6 English, my weakest subject by far according to my teacher because my essay writing is trash even though I have a 93 in the class
7 I was concertmaster last year and Front stand this year.
Could you take honors English, orchestra, Calc AB and AP Physics1 at your high school, then have economics and us history at the community college through dual enrollment in the fall, and philosophy+ another history in the spring?
Since you want to be a humanities major this would maximize learning both in general and showing your academic interests.
I’m sorry but where did you get the idea I wanted to major in the humanities? did you even read my latest post? lol.
I said Biochem ^ as in Biochemistry as in a life/physical science…
Shoooooot got you confused with another poster with the same question and a similar schedule!!! (Too many tabs hmmm) And your reply above about biochemistry posted after I’d posted mine, I literally just saw it.
So, for biochemistry and a junior…
11->12
AP chem => physics honors + AP Bio
English honors => English honors
Orchestra=> Orchestra
French 4=> (x : double up science, see above)
APES=> AP econ/gov
Honors US history => free period to write college essays
Calc AB=>BC
For Biochemistry, Honors English and Honors US History would probably be okay for the most part, but competitive universities look for AP/DE/IB level courses in US History and English, and your competition will likely have them. However, since those courses are generally demanding/time-intensive and you are struggling in lower-level History and English classes, it would probably be a mistake to overwhelm yourself by taking very rigorous History/English classes on top of other APs during what is probably the most important year of high school in terms of college decisions.
Just a heads up, AP Economics seems to be a year long class for OP, so they might not be able to fit it in with AP Gov, which means they may not be able to take a free period if they need Gov to graduate.
Realize that workload can vary wildly based on teacher, though some courses like APUSH and AP English Lang are almost universally loaded with homework. Also, although AP Calculus AB is equivalent to a semester-long Calculus I class dragged out over the course of a year, I would think it’s sufficient for a high school junior to take, and by no means, is “not rigorous enough”; also, OP is getting a unit of math credit through taking AB rather than just self-studying, which leads to a grand total of zero credits, unless one takes CLEP/AP exams that they will probably have to pay for with their own money, since they did not take the course through their high school. Although DE English Composition is definitely a lot more rigorous than Honors English, not everyone has easy access to dual enrollment, and OP would likely struggle in it if they are having trouble in tenth grade Honors English. And what’s wrong with taking orchestra if OP actually likes doing it?
Please take everything I say with a grain of salt. But here was my rationale.
@r2v2018
“Realize that workload can vary wildly based on teacher, though some courses like APUSH and AP English Lang are almost universally loaded with homework.”
True. It would help if the poster asked around.
“Also, although AP Calculus AB is equivalent to a semester-long Calculus I class dragged out over the course of a year, I would think it’s sufficient for a high school junior to take, and by no means, is “not rigorous enough”; also, OP is getting a unit of math credit through taking AB rather than just self-studying, which leads to a grand total of zero credits, unless one takes CLEP/AP exams that they will probably have to pay for with their own money, since they did not take the course through their high school.”
The difficult of the class itself was not what I meant. I used the term “not rigorous enough” as a general comparison to college classes.
“Although DE English Composition is definitely a lot more rigorous than Honors English, not everyone has easy access to dual enrollment, and OP would likely struggle in it if they are having trouble in tenth grade Honors English.”
The fact that he would struggle with it is something that needs to be taken into consideration. The reason why I personally would still take it (as long as the OP can get at least a C) is the overall lack of quality that I have seen empirically in English curriculum and a scarce quantity of good English teachers. Dual Enrollment teachers tend to be a much higher quality. Access does require you to be crafty, but is definitely not an excuse.
And what’s wrong with taking orchestra if OP actually likes doing it?
This is my personal opinion (please take this with a grain of salt), but you only get so much room in your school schedule. There are areas like Britain where organizations like that are completely separate from the school without nearly as serious regulations as the extremely conservative school system.