I’m currently thinking of these courses for junior year:
English 3
AP Calc
AP Physics C
AP Chem
AP Comp sci
Spanish 4
I’m considering dropping Spanish because I’ve will have already completed the language requirement and it might be hard considering the other stuff I’m taking, but I still kind of want to continue taking it. I’ve already planned to study some calc, comp sci, and physics over the summer to make my life easier during school.
Any thoughts about dropping or keeping Spanish? I’m currently doing pretty well in my Spanish class right now.
It depends upon the tier of colleges to which you will be applying. If they suggest 4 years of a foreign language, I would continue. Keep in mind that many colleges have a foreign language requirement for graduation, and if you can test out, you can free your schedule for more classes in college that interest you.
I’d also suggest you look to make sure that you are covered with the history/social science requirements; 4 STEM classes may be overkill, particularly if you have not fulfilled of of a college’s admissions requirements/recommendations.
Not having a social science/history junior year will be a problem for most colleges (even the moderately selective ones require three years) and having Spanish 4 can only help, especially if you’re doing well.
I would switch out Ap Chem ( very difficult and time consuming on its own, even without being taken concurrently with Physics C) to take a social science and save Ap Chem cor senior year.
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Just curious, how much of a difference do you think it would make between taking a social science junior vs senior year?
I was thinking about taking APUSH senior year - its the only requirement left for me to graduate, and people take it either junior or senior year.
Calc AB or BC? From what I’ve heard, BC is significantly harder and more time consuming
First, it makes for a more balanced schedule junior year. Second, it depends whether you think you’ll get at least a B (you want colleges to see the grades then) or you think you won’t (then senior year is better since as long as you get a B in the Fall you’re good, and for some public universities only junior grades count with senior year rigor counting, not grades unless they’re D or F.)
Many colleges would consider your schedule to be poorly balanced. You could get away with it if you were a genius scientist working on college-level research, but for the regular student it just looks like you’re trying to avoid a hard class in a subject you don’t like much.
Overall I’d strongly you take a social science or history class junior year (if not APUSH another one: AP Gov, Economics, a history seminar if your school offers them). And AP Chem senior year.
What else would you take Senior Year?