<p>Hey, I am a rising senior who is thinking about the classes for next year. Here is what I want to take:
AP Calculus
AP English
AP Gov't
AP Biology
Honors Physics
Study Resources 4
Leadership II</p>
<p>This leaves me one more class to take...I want to take either AP Chemistry (rigorous and looks good on my transcript) or Photography II (to show consistency and mental break). My counselor said that an average senior in my VERY competitive takes 3 APs, which means I am taking one class more than an average senior. But, I don't want to be overwhelmed with too many APs and am worried that I will not handle a very heavy course with AP Chemistry. I am interested in science, so I thought that 3 science classes in one year would be okay. What is your opinion? Should I take AP Chemistyr or Photography II?</p>
<p>From Romania, in the previous two years the best in international olympics in physics and math went to Princeton (Pufu, Caraiani, Negut, Kreindler). While the internationals in chemistry went to Harvard(2 ppl), Caltech(1), MIT(1). One exception of a good Chemistry girl who goes to Princeton. </p>
<p>Don't really know if this is a general indicator. Also this year Princeton admitted a record number of 8 Romanians. Most of us, if not all actually, with strengths in math and physics. At least 3 of us participated in national physics olympiads, and 4 in math nationals. </p>
<p>Depends on what you're planning to study at Princeton. I'd say:
If you're undecided or thinking liberal arts, take photography for variety.
If you're thinking science/engineering, take AP Chem -- you'll want it.</p>
<p>If you haven’t taken physics yet then take it. But if you already have a year, I would say drop physics and replace it with AP Chem and photography. AP Chem and Bio concurrently work well for the first month because it’s a lot of simple chemistry review. Besides that, they are both really interesting. Just realize that your really gonna be working senior year regardless of what classes you decide to take.</p>