Senior Year Schedule-4APs???

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>My schedule for next year is:
AP Lit
AP Comp Gov
AP Psychology
AP Gov (2nd semester Honors Econ)
Prob/Stat
Spanish 5
Robotics </p>

<p>My counselor has expressed "concern" over me taking 4 APs next year, but I feel that since they are easier courses that I could handle 4... I'm failing Trig this semester so I dropped pre-calc in favor of the Prob/Stat (which should be easier for me) and have decided to stay with Spanish (for fun-sies since it will mostly be watching videos and with a nice teacher). I'm going to be president of my robotics team's business subgroup- and that isn't very academic- just a time sucker.</p>

<p>To get a better picture:</p>

<p>9th Grade Summer:
Health Education A/A</p>

<p>9th Grade:
Honors English A/A
Honors World History A/A
Biology A/A
Basic Geometry B/B
Spanish 2: C/B
Orchestra A/A
Physical Education A/A</p>

<p>(2 honor classes)</p>

<p>10th Grade Summer:
Chemistry B/B</p>

<p>10th Grade:
Honors English A/A
AP European History B/B
AP Environmental Science B/B
Algebra II C/C
Spanish 3 B/C
Intro to Entrepreneurship and Robotics A/A
Physical Education A/A</p>

<p>(1honors class and 2 AP classes)</p>

<p>11th Grade:
AP Language and Composition A/
AP United States History B/
Physics B/
Functions, Statistics, andTrigonometry (FST) C/
Spanish 4 C/
Psychology and Counseling Principles A/
Entrepreneurship and Robotics A/</p>

<p>(2-AP Classes)</p>

<p>12th Grade Summer:
Film Studies 1 @ Community College</p>

<p>ECs:
-Robotics ("business" subgroup president)
-Science Club (President)
-Red Cross Club (President)
-Interact Club (Media Coordinator)
-NHS </p>

<p>WILL I SURVIVE (based off of past records)
SUGGESTIONS
???????!</p>

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<p>You listed AP Gov twice, is that on purpose?
I’d take 3 instead of 4 and certainly these two: AP Gov (2nd semester Honors Econ), AP Psych.
Considering your literary orientation (or non scientific orientation), I’d take Ap Lit in addition to that.
However, colleges will NOT be impressed with grades in the C to B range at the AP level.
So if there’s any chance you may get grades below B (B- and lower) in any class, take the lower level.
This summer, you’ll be retaking FST in order to make up your grade in addition to Film Studies.
And you better work on that C in Spanish because you will NOT survive in Sp5 with a C in 4.
What colleges are you aiming for?
What’s your class rank (weighted and unweighted)?</p>

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<p>I’m assuming the 2nd AP Gov is AP US Gov.</p>

<p>The gov and psych classes are comparable to a one semester class in college. So it’s not like it was AP Chem, AP Calc, AP Physics, and AP Bio, so I’m not concerned with 4 AP’s. I am more concerned with the number of B’s and C’s. An AP class with a C will not be looked upon favorably.</p>

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<p>Sorry for the confusion, I meant AP Comparative Government & AP US Government.
-I’m hoping to get a C in Trig so I don’t have to retake it.
-I’m aiming for UCs (native Californian) but I wouldn’t mind Cal States
-We don’t have class ranks, but I’ve gotten on the honor roll 4/5 semesters so I’m in the top 50 of my ~450 people class. </p>

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<p>I would not take 4 ap’s with your academic record. Too many Cs with just 2 APs.</p>