I am currently a junior looking to plan for senior year. Here are my courses for junior year and what I plan for senior year according to what will be on transcript.
JUNIOR
AP Calc AB
AP Calc BC
AP Earth/ Environ. Science
Earth/Environ. Lab A/B Day
AP English Lang.
AP US History
Honors American Humanities
AP Psychology
SENIOR (**I plan on taking a free period both semesters so I will have 3 classes a day, 6 total for the year)
AP Stats
Honors Discrete Math
AP English Lit.
AP Human Geography
Honors Spanish 4
Principles of Business and Finance
Now some info:
I plan on majoring in business/econ related. Other choices: CS and Political Science.
Even though I have 3 AP’s for senior year, junior year looks way more rigorous. I’m worried that this might come off as slacking considering the fact that i’m taking a free period the whole year.
Should I not have a free period? The reason I wanted one is b/c I plan on having a job/internship throughout the year. It would also be a lighter load for college apps, and really to not be overwhelmed my last year.
I think the only non-rigorous course would be Principles of Business. I chose that b/c it shows interest for my major. Also, I want to get an introduction into the field. Do colleges like this?
@Lindagaf My class rank is very high and I am trying to keep it until college admissions next fall. Are you saying that the problem is not enough AP senior year? So is taking a free period ok?
@yonceonhismouth Our school is weird when it comes to classes. Calc is one year long class but they just call it AB one semester and BC second semester. I will only be taking the BC exam.
Have you taken Biology, Chemistry & Physics already?
And I’ d consider moving Spanish to junior year and moving an AP to senior year instead of having what looks to be a year long gap between Spanish courses.
Its ridiculous to take six APs junior and only three APs senior year. Yes, I think it will very much appear that you ran out of steam and decided to take an easier course load senior year. You don’t need nine APs, but if you insist, divide them up between the two years. Taking six one year and three another will immediately make them question you, as it did for me.
You could switch AP psychology and Spanish 4. AP human geography is probably less rigorous than honors American humanities so you may switch those, unless American humanities is an English class linked to APush.
All in all, your schedule, as is, is fine.
@happy1 I have taken Biology and Chemistry. After APES I will be done with science requirements. I am not planning on going into a science field. Do I need to take physics?
@VickiSoCal Yes each is one semester. A regular schedule would have 4 classes each semester so 8 total. My senior year one is 3 classes a semester, 6 total.
@Lindagaf I guess I can switch one AP from junior year to senior year. Thanks for the advice.
@MYOS1634 Yes, American humanities is linked with APUSH. I am considering switching AP Psychology now, Thanks for the advice.
I think there are colleges that would view physics as preferential and more rigorous as compared to AP environmental science. Talk to your guidance counselor about it.
If you haven’t taken physics, I’d take physics honors or AP physics 1 senior year, instead of AP stats.
If you really want more rigor senior year, you could take AP euro, AP world, or AP gov instead of AP human geography.