I’m in my Junior year of High School and last week we received our Senior year courses. I want to know if my courses are strong.
For reference my junior Year courses are as follows:
Dual Enrollment English Language and composition
US. History
Physics 1
Calculus Honors
Dual Enrolment Astronomy
Dual Enrollment Meteorology
Spanish 1
Then these are the courses I’M taking on FLVS
Anatomy & Physiology
Intro to IT
Senior Year:
Dual Enrollment English
AP Macroeconomics
AP Government
AP Physics
AP Calc BC
AP Statistics
AP Psychology
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I really don’t understand why some students take it upon themselves to take so many AP courses that they have no lives outside of school. I would relax on the classes. Try and take a study hall or something if you feel like you REALLY need to take so many APs. You’re gonna burn yourself out and your GPA may suffer.
4 APs senior year is plenty.
Drop AP Stats and AP Psych, considered “lite” APs and thus nothing but padding based on the rest of you schedule. They will NOT add anything to your application. If you’re passionate about psychology, drop something else.
You’ll need a language up to level 4 if you’re aiming for FSU/UF, up to level 3 for others (I’m talking in terms of being competitive.)
I agree with @Earthlingo and @MYOS1634 about taking so many APs. Just take normal honors level classes for subjects you are less passionate about or study hall. When I plan out my classes, I always tell myself to take a maximum of 5 APs.