I have been trying to decided on my classes for my senior year for some time now but time is running out! I do not feel the need to go into detail about my other classes and all but I am left with 5 open spots but 7 class that I want to take!
classes I want
AP English
AP Modern European History
AP Physics 2
AP Statistics
AP Spanish
AP Studio Art
AP Biology
Of course, not all of these classes are going to fit in my schedule. I am ranked 4 in my class out of about 300 students, so I know how to handle a lot of AP classes and stay on track. It’s just that I am really truly into all of these things but need to narrow it down. The one class I don’t care about much is AP Stats. However, I need a math for the types of colleges that I want to apply for (very selective). I was thinking Johns Hopkins, Duke, or UPenn as a reach school.
I was thinking, if I took AP Physics 2 would it be okay not to take a math course? Because in my school, our AP Physics and Chemistry classes use a heck of a lot of math and no writing at all. Our AP Physics tests in my class only consist of math problems and not much else. (I took AP Physics 1 so that is why I know)
Anyways, I just need help in narrowing down these choices. I am planning on either majoring in a business-related field or an engineering field. I am a very good artist and am Spanish female who plans on becoming fluent one day. Also, the AP Modern Euro program at my school is the easiest class in my school. Individuals easily get A+s as a final average in that class, which is why I want to take it.
I know this was a lot I just needed to get it all out and see what you guys think
I took ap euro this past year. It might have just been my teacher but it was absolute hell. 3-4 hours of homework every night with a quiz every class. We would read 30 pages out of a textbook, and then study every page. Then when we got to class, we were quizzed on “identification terms”. These were more or less random words that had some significance during our reading we had to memorize. No word bank. Absolutely not worth it. I hated every minute of it. I had a 90 in the class, and only one kid had a higher grade than me. absolute hell.
I took statistics too. That class was awesome. A lot of calculator work, so it’ll help your bio class, and basically any science/ math class in college. It’s great to know a little bit of statistics. I had a high A in that class. I highly recommend. I did a lot of projects where I interviewed kids from my high school and analyzed the data. Great stuff.
Physics is tough but essential, and so is bio.
If you are taking 5 I’d go:
Physics
Biology
Statistics
English
Spanish
I’m a premed math major, so I’m geared towards the sciences. Keep that in mind. Good luck man! Don’t let up. Senior year was absolutely huge for me. If you work really hard and show that upwards trend, you’d be surprised. I learned a few days ago I got into my schools honors program. It was purely due to my work senior year. Don’t get senioritis. Go hard!
Should we assume the two other classes are electives and thus you’d have 5 “core” classes?
In this case, considering the colleges you’re aiming for and how competitive you are, how come you don’t have Ap or Honors Calculus? Or have you completed this already and plan on taking the next level in math at a community college?
Because you need at least 4 solid choices from the 5 core classes, you must take these:
AP English
AP Modern European History
AP Physics 2
AP Spanish
That leaves you doubling up in science (not recommended due to lab time, but if you love it can be worth it), a “light” Ap (Stats), and a “hard elective” class (Studio art: rigorous but not core.) I would recommend Studio Art since it’d help you stand out, teach you new skills, and would be totally different from the rest of your schedule.
AP Stat is not always a light class. At my school, it is very rigorous and not an easy A. I would definitely take a math class senior year. As long as you have taken Calc, I would take Stat then. I think post 1’s schedule looks good, except I would switch out one of the AP sciences and throw in the AP Euro class that you want to take. Otherwise looks good.
^ For reference, I wasn’t speaking in terms of content (OP stated, for instance, that AP Euro is an “easy class” at their school when it’s often considered a heavy class). Regardless of whether your school has an easy or hard version of the class, it still remains classified as “light” because its college equivalent is a non-specialist “light” version of statistics (vs. calculus-based statistics, for instance).