<p>I'm a Junior right now looking into applying to UNC in the fall and this is what my possible senior schedule for next year will look like:</p>
<p>AP Eng. Literature
AP Bio II
AP Stats (already took AP Calc AB and BC)
Chamber Orchestra
Medical Science II
Academic Resource (basically a study hall)
Human Anatomy </p>
<p>I'm not sure if I should take Human Anatomy or AP Psych. I hear Psych is pretty hard mostly because it's a bunch of memorizing terms, and I already have AP Bio to worry about, so I'm not sure if it'd be too much or not. I want to major in Nursing, hopefully, so I feel that Human Anatomy might benefit me more, but then again so will AP Psych. So which one should I take?</p>
<p>Is this a strong senior schedule? </p>
<p>I was also considering taking a college experience class in either Nutrition or Personal Health and Wellness, but they're both online classes and I don't know if the whole online class would go well or not. Comments?</p>
<p>Your schedule is strong as it is now. I would choose to take AP Psych. AP Bio largely consists of memorizing terms/processes, and AP Psych isn’t much different, but there’s a lot less memorization and the processes are simpler and a bit more interesting IMO. As for the online classes, I don’t think they’re necessary, but I know that UNC doesn’t view them negatively. All that said, someone on an internet forum can’t tell you what classes so you should take. It’s up to you.</p>
<p>In general, a strong schedule tends to include English, science, math, social studies and foreign language every year, although there are exceptions. I have read that colleges will accept foreign language through level 4 as being four years’ worth, even though not all four years were during high school. That is what my daughter did, and she was accepted to UNC.</p>
<p>Have you already taken four years’ worth of foreign language and of social studies?</p>
<p>Depending on what you grades are and if you are is or oss and many other factors, you could do without the psych. I got in with three senior year APs (a science, lit & stats), but like someone else said its up to you. But this would be a typical very strong schedule.</p>
<p>I agree with theclassof2011. It definitely depends much more on your past years schedules and grades rather than your senior year schedule in. If you are OOS, go with Psych. I took it this year and it was really easy. Many things you’ve already heard of so the vocab memorization is not hard - but it also depends on your teacher. Mine was very focused on application of concepts, not spewing out definitions, so it was much easier. If you are IS with mostly As for your high school grades, stick with anatomy. Your senior schedule isn’t super important as long as it is reasonably rigorous which yours is.</p>
<p>To address some things, I’m IS and I’ve taken 4 years-worth of Spanish already but I’ve only taken 3 years of social studies. My GPA as of right now is 4.5 weighted and unweighted is 3.7 and my class rank is 73 out of 623. I’ve gotten basically just A’s and a few B’s. I got my first C last year, which was in Spanish 3 (I’m really horrible in Spanish).</p>
<p>I know it’s up to me, ultimately, but it’s nice to hear some feedback and suggestions, so I really appreciate all of your input. I talked to a few of my friends who are currently taking AP Psych and they say although it requires lots of studying, it’s very interesting so it keeps you motivated to learn. AP Psych seems like a class I’d enjoy, so I think I might go with that next year.</p>
<p>I think taking AP Psych next year would be a good idea because it would give you a 4th year of social studies and because it would keep you interested.</p>
<p>I agree with the other replies – that take whichever class you want as your schedule what a school like UNC would expect an applicant to have. My two cents is from my OOS DD’s recent application experience: concentrate on getting a high ACT/SAT score. Seven or eight kids applied to UNC from my DD’s midwest large public high in a very competitive school district. The students I knew had different but similar quality class schedules and the EAs one would expect – varsity athletics, leadership in clubs, volunteering etc. The friend accepted had the highest ACT score. My DD and another friend with the next two highest scores (but better class rank and more AP classes than first friend) were deferred; the rest declined. It seemed the ACT score was the deciding factor.</p>