I’m for sure planning on having a rigorous senior year (I know many who have and were fine). I just know that it’s slightly unrealistic to do 6 APs, so I’m considering doing 5 and dropping one class to regular. I still have a few questions, though. My main schools include ones like UMichigan & Northwestern, to get a sense (I have safe schools but am obviously looking to aspire to schools like these). I want to be a chemistry major. I’m doubling up on science this year (Honors Physics & AP Chemistry). I plan to continue that trend next year with AP Biology & AP Physics C: Mechanics. AP Biology is clearly very rigorous, but I’m mainiting a very strong grade in AP Chemistry right now, which is considered to be much harder at our school. I would also be taking Mechanics only for physics, which apparently is not TOO hard (my honors teacher teaches this class, and he says it’s very easy to maintain your grade from honors). I have a strong A in honors right now. The question, however, is more about what else I’m going to add with these classes. I’m in Honors Precalculus right now, so I’m going to Calc next year. I wanted to do AB, because BC is insanely hard, but my precalc teacher insists I do BC based on my skill and major. I’m not so sure. I want to take AP European History, I don’t care if I won’t need it, but history is my 2nd favorite subject behind science and I’m very interested in the course, so I have no plans to opt out of this course. It also wouldn’t be too difficult a course, as I got an A in APUSH both semesters, which is considered harder, and an A in AP Gov. The point is, a lot of these classes I know I can handle, I just don’t know where to cut it off, because I likely can’t do it all. I’m set on AP Euro, AP Bio, and Physics Mechanics. The question is whether I take AB or BC Calc, and if I do AP Spanish & reg english or AP Lit & reg spanish. I personally would rather take AP Spanish because I absolutely despise English, and Im planning to be a STEM major. I actually enjoy spanish and am considering a spanish minor. All in all, this is what I’m planning for my schedule to be for senior year, currently:
AP Biology
AP Physics C: Mechanics only
AP European History
AP Spanish (Lang, we don’t have Lit offered)
AP Calculus AB
Regular English Elective (Humanties)
The first 3 classes are pretty much nonnegotiable for me unless it’s extremely important or necessary for me to drop one of them. The question is really in the last 3, and whether I should do AB or BC calc, and AP Spanish & English. All things accounted for, my interests, my major, my top schools, is this schedule acceptable, or should I make some changes? Thanks!