Hey Guys!
What would you recommend for a schedule for sophomore year? I am in a STEM program at my school so I am required to be in a STEM technology class, STEM math course, and a STEM science course. I plan on taking a Algebra 2 course and a Chinese course over the summer.
I was planning on taking:
-AP World
-AP Computar Science
-STEM Trig/Pre Calc
-STEM Honors Chemistry
-Honors 10th grade English
-Chinese 3A/3B
-A required research class for my STEM courses
Is this too much? We have six hours each day and I am filling my schedule to have seven classes. I want to maintain my 4.0, but i am stressed that this may be too much.
Any advice will certainly help!
xo hopefullyharvard
H does not simply accept the kids who take the greatest number of courses, if that is what you are asking.
Keep AP CS for next year. You won’t be docked for it at all in admissions because your schedule is very rigorous.
You could take precalculus in junior year.
I understand that Harvard does not admit students with the most courses on their transcript. I am asking, if I undergo this schedule that I have planned, will I be struggling to keep up the grades? I am asking to understand prior students’ knowledge of these courses and to understand the complexity and rigorousness I am about to embark on. 
Our answers imply that it may be too much.
Who are WE to say? We don’t know you, your work ethic, your strengths, weaknesses, or your potential. Most importantly, we don’t know what OTHER students at your high school are taking by comparison.
The only person with the knowledge to answer this question is your guidance counselor. Have you spoken with your GC? After all, your GC is the one who will have to rate the rigor of your course load against all other college bound students at your high school when they complete the Secondary School Report (SSR) on your behalf: See page 2, top and bottom sections: :http://admissions.duke.edu/images/uploads/process/school_report.pdf
Again, this is a question for your guidance counselor, as at some high school’s your schedule might seem ambitious, however at other high school’s it might seem not rigorous enough. GO ASK YOUR GC and heed the advice they give you – after all, that’s what they are there for!
And be courteous.