Okay so it’s that time of the year again at school: scheduling time. I got my senior year scheduling request form in English today and have been working on deciding what classes I want to take. I’m kind of torn between a few classes and was wanting to seek help here. The 7 classes I’ve signed up for are:
PreCalculus (required)
AP Literature & Comp. (English class required)
AP Biology
AP Chemistry
Spanish IV
Agri-Biotechnology
Dual Credit on Campus (2 college classes, one period to work)
I also wanted to double up on math and do AP Statistics; however, if I can’t then I’ll take these classes over it. I just wanted some advice and opinions because I’m also currently in APUSH online and it hasn’t been going so well since I’ve discovered online courses aren’t my thing, and Dual Credit would be all online-independent, so I don’t know if I should drop it or not. I also don’t know if Spanish would be of the best benefit considering Spanish III hasn’t been as beneficial as I’d hoped (it’s our school’s first year for anything over Spanish II and it’s kind of a shaky curriculum). There is also the chance that the AP Chem teacher may also offer one of the AP Physics courses (not sure which one) so I would probably drop a class to add that in anyways. The only other APs I could take would be AP Music Theory and I’m not good with music so that’s out of the question. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
I would not recommend AP Chem and Bio in the same year. AP Chem is said to be the hardest AP class, as well as AP Bio, so your workload alone for those 2 classes would be about 2 hours a night.
Why do you want to take more APs? Is it because you want to challenge yourself, or is it because you want to impress colleges?
If you have yet to take a physics course sign up for AP Physics 1.
A lot of colleges require that applicants take 2 to 3 years of FL, check the application requirements of the colleges you want to apply to and see whether they recommend 3 or 4 years of FL.
Take Spanish IV for the most selective colleges - if you’re not aiming for those, you’re okay with three (but you may have a college language requirement to fulfill).
I would strongly advise you NOT take both AP Chem and AP bio together. The workload is too much.
After doing some further research I’ve found that the colleges I want to go to only require two years of a foreign language, except for the private college which only recommends three. If I were to take AP Chem and AP Bio I would be eligible for a Leader Hall (study hall) class. I could potentially switch that for Spanish IV. My counselor also talked to me about doing PreCal over the summer and going into AP Calc AB next year. And I want to take more AP classes to challenge myself, but they will also look good on college apps (provided I do well in them of course). My teacher still doesn’t know whether or not any AP Physics class will be offered, since the board has not yet approved the funds for him to be certified in it; however, he is the AP Chem teacher and everyone is doing well in AP Chem thus far this year. I could also set out Dual Credit, since I didn’t do well with online AP classes this year, and that could incorporate a different class or a study hall.
I have easier class options but I want to at least take the same number of advanced courses as I took this year (AP Psych, APUSH, and AP Lang) so it will look decent on college apps, but I like the challenge as well, as long as I don’t overwork myself. More suggestions are welcome!