Schedule Help

Pre-College Topics High School Life
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<p>Hello,
I am currently a sophomore and I cannot decide what to take for junior year. I want to major in the technological field, most likely computer science.</p>

<p>The Classes I Know I Will Take:
AP English III
AP US History
AP Calculus B/C
Physics Honors or AP Chemistry</p>

<p>Possible Classes:
Spanish III Honors
AP Computer Science
Academic Decathlon (weighted same as AP)
AP Chemistry (Double Block, and to take this I would need to Credit-by-exam Physics over summer)</p>

<p>My thoughts: I think Spanish III Honors is pretty important overall, but I don't know if a good technological school such as MIT, GA Tech, or UT Austin would care much about a third year of language. I want to take AP Computer Science since it is interesting and I am majoring in computer science. I want to take Academic Decathlon since I am interested in competitions and it seems fun. Plus, my counselor said it's good to have an extracurricular like Academic Decathlon. Finally, I want to take AP Chemistry so I can take AP Physics in senior year.</p>

<p>So right now I'm leaning towards 3 choices: taking Spanish III Honors, AP Chemistry, and Academic Decathlon; Spanish III Honors, AP Chemistry, and AP Computer Science; and Spanish III Honors, Honors Physics, AP Computer Science, and Academic Decathlon.</p>

<p>I guess my question is, when you apply for college, do they see what classes you take for senior year? Because if they don't, then I would take AP Computer Science so they know I took relevant classes to my major, but if they do, then I could just take AP Computer Science senior year.</p>

<p>Thanks in advance for your input (I am very nooby when it comes to college stuff)!</p>

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<p>They do see your classes that you take for senior classes and they receive your first semester grades. I would suggest that you take Spanish, AP Chem and Academic Decathlon and then take AP Comp Science in senior year. That’s what I did. </p>

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<p>Thanks for the response! I’m glad they see your schedule.</p>

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<p>If your colleges use the common app, you list your senior year classes on it, and the colleges will see the results on the mid-year transcript. Go ahead an take Spanish, AP Chem and Academic Decathlon next year.</p>