<p>My school offers no AP, honors, or accelerated classes. So I'm in all regulars. I need some help with my junior/senior schedule options. I have 8 possible periods for classes.</p>
<p>Here's my junior schedule (it's been set already):</p>
<p>English 11 (will probably take AP Lang & Comp in May since class supports it)
Accounting 1
Band
Study Hall
Chemistry
Spanish 3
Advanced Math (Pre-calc)
Study Hall</p>
<p>One of the study halls will be used for an independent study class in Computer Science. The other will be for my homework.</p>
<p>Possible senior schedule:</p>
<p>English 12
Physics
Spanish 4
Government (there's a little Econ mixed with this class)
Calculus
Band
Computer Graphics
Newspaper/Yearbook
Accounting 2 (Independent)</p>
<p>It's possible for me to take Chemistry and Physics during my junior year, but my school offers nothing higher than Physics. My school is also a very small underfunded public school, so there is only 1 class period for most of these courses, making scheduling difficult. This is one of the most rigorous schedules possible at my school.</p>
<p>Obviously, it might be a stretch to include all 8 classes in 8 periods due to scheduling conflicts (I can do Accounting at home). Community college is possibly an option, though mine is rather limited in its course offerings since it has only 7,000 students. </p>
<p>Before school starts on Wednesday and my schedule change opportunities vanish, is there anything I should change about my junior schedule to better accommodate my senior schedule? Mainly the Physics thing is what I'm worried about. My principal said not to overload myself. Or are my schedules perfectly fine?</p>
<p>I'd like some help from outsiders who aren't as accustomed to such a sucky system of education.</p>
<p>Well, Physics is conveniently the same period as one of the study halls. But I do need to keep one for independent Computer Science. But should I really do this? I have already changed my schedule once, but I honestly don't care what the principal thinks. And I suppose it's better if I do it early. I've never had such a full course load, and last year I even had 2 study halls part of the year. But perhaps it's time to get over all that.</p>
<p>As for science at community college, I really don't think that's necessary. I only need 3 sciences to graduate, and 4 is plenty in my opinion. Most students in my school never even get to something like Physics because they take 3 years of science and are finished with it.</p>
<p>Yah... you can look up dual enrollment in community colleges in your area... some universities offer it as well. it's all free- that way you would be able to take college-level courses...</p>
<p>Yes I have post-secondary available, but it's only free if I have a study hall (off period). But I have it figured out at least for this year.</p>
<p>I went ahead and added Physics. I got thinking and decided that no class I've ever taken at high school has been hard for me, and I've gotten a high A (like 98%) in every science I've taken in the last few years. So 2 sciences won't be hard, and I've seen people on CC do 3 AP sciences a year so it's not impossible. That leaves my senior year open to pretty much anything I want.</p>
<p>I never would have picked up an extra class if it hadn't been for CC. This website is the best motivation I've ever had!</p>
<p>Now I have another small question. Should I bother with the Calculus class at my school or just do the community college course? My high school's class is only 3 years old, and the teacher had never taught anything higher than precalc before. In fact, the school will be getting rid of the Calculus class after next year (precalc will be the highest level). The class did take the AP test last year, but I read in the school newspaper about students saying that was their favorite class because they "just made up solutions to problems they couldn't figure out." That's not exactly the kind of education I want. But still, I don't have to drive 20 minutes to the community college to take it and it would be another class I'd have at school.</p>