I am worried about the rigor of my potential sophomore schedule, GC seems okay with it but said some things I want to take generally aren’t recommended.
(My school requires 6 language credits, and pre-calc + chem could also be on a “double honors” level, I don’t have the grades for it though).
Required classes:
Global Studies 10 Honors
World Literature 10 Honors
Pre-calculus Honors
Chemistry Honors
Spanish III Honors
Health and PE 10
This leaves me with 2 slots for other things.
I want to begin my second language as it’s generally recommended you do so sophomore year, and take AP Psych (prereq for a future class) with APHG as a backup since I want to get a taste of APs without going from 0 to 60.
I could also take US History, however I want to take US Honors due to lack of interest in history, but it is recommended to take APUSH at my school. I do want to take AP Government, which requires an A in US (H or AP) to get into, and it would obviously be easier to get an A in Honors.
Do my plans actually not seem rigorous, or am I overanalyzing this due to being in a top 10 hs?
Yes
Sounds good.
We don’t know your HS, but this is traditionally a junior year class.
Here it can be taken sophomore or junior year because the pre-req is freshman global studies (the difference is just what part of the world is studied) and it all just depends on what you want to do with your schedule
In which case, you should pencil a 4 year course of study to see how everything fits. Part will depend upon which colleges you are targeting because APUSH will be perceived as a more rigorous choice than AP Psych or APHG. But it will also depend on what other APs you will have had in HS.
Are you a student in the U.S, or somewhere else? I have read extensively on this forum for several years now and I have never heard of any college or university within the U.S. (or any high school, for that matter) requiring a second foreign languange. I’m sure it’s a wonderful skill to have (and I’m in awe of the foreign language accomplishments of students living outside of the U.S. and wish we would emulate that).
On the other hand, a pretty glaring omission on your proposed schedule is world history, unless you mean to take it senior year along with AP USGov., or took it freshman year. Most colleges will expect a course in world or European history. That would be more important to fit in than psych or a second foreign language (and more important that whether you take it as an AP or not). High school is not the time to specialize in something like psych (though it is an intersesting elective if you have space for it). Much better to have four years each in math, English, science, history/social studies and one foreign language, plus whatever additional graduation requirements your school has. Having a balanced schedule is more important than how many APs you have.
I have. And some top rated schools at that. Although it’s usually a modern language and a classical language.
Global Studies fulfills that.
Global Studies is my world history class. It is in a two year sequence and covers both geography of the region of study (first week approx) and then the history of it for the remainder of the regional unit, which is a quarter (or nine weeks).
I am from the US, and the second foreign language is a requirement for my high school diploma. Failure to complete this second language results in my inability to get a diploma from my high school (higher level than advanced diploma offered at all high schools in the state, 30 credits for my schools diploma vs 26 for VA advanced. I went into hs with four credits, and many of my classmates with that or more, so it is not as bad as it seems). I am attempting to be vague in order to conceal my school, but our “niche” is international studies, and languages come into play with that. We offer ten and students are required to take two.
Guess I’m showing my average public-school roots. I’ll defer to my betters, then
Start your second foreign language and take AP psych or AP Human Geo. You’re more than fine.