Would this senior year schedule be considered rigorous at competitive schools such as Duke?
Speech Communications
AP Macro
AP Micro
AP Human Geography
AP Statistics
College Level Marketing
(Do I need calc in there?)
Thanks in advance!
Depends on your major if you need calc or not but probably so, even if you’re applying to Trinity. It is highly recommended in most highly selective colleges. Also your schedule is light in sciences and ehh in math (Stats is better than nothing!). I think it’d be good to take at least one AP science (even if it’s easy like Enviro) to show you’re competent at more than just humanities if you haven’t already.
Why no English, language or social studies courses?
Why AP Statistics instead of Calculus? The race to the highest number of AP courses has run its course at the top universities–all the ambitious kids look alike who chase these. It has become a running joke with adcons on the race for which students can take the most AP courses, rather than spend their time making real and meaningful contributions to people and communities.
No. This would be considered a lightweight schedule.
AP stats and AP hg are 'AP lite’classes. AP micro/macro count as one.
You need honors or AP English and social science.
At a minimum, take either AP calculus or AP /level 4 foreign language.
Rule of thumb: you need English (lit/comp), math, science, social science, foreign language each year; bio, chemistry, physics, plus one science; 5 classes at honors or AP level each year.
This is a good schedule if your goal is the honors college at ecu for example, so it’s not that bad, just wayyy off for Duke.