<p>Okay, so I'm in a bit of dilemma for my senior year next year.
To give you my prerequisites, I have taken:
Sophomore Year:
AP Statistics
AP World Hist
Spanish 2
Accelerated Geometry/Algebra
Honors American Lit
Honors Chemistry
Chorus</p>
<p>Junior Year:
AP Chemistry
AP Physics II
AP Lang
AP US History
Accelerated Pre-Calc
Chorus
Drama</p>
<p>And this is what I'm planning for senior year:
-AP Literature
-AP Calculus AB (BC not offered)
-AP Physics II (AP Bio if schedule doesn't work out)
-AP Government (American & Comp)
-Economics (required for grad)
-Chorus
-filler class: (organic chemistry[if the class works out], music theory, drama, AP Psych IDEK) </p>
<p>So long story short, does anyone know anything about the workload this might create? I'm doing fine in my classes now, but I didn't know how different this type of schedule would be.
Does anyone think this is too easy? Considering I want to go to Columbia, is choosing a "filler class" going to make my schedule look bad? What would be the best filler class for me to choose? This year I was forced to be in drama because my schedule didn't work out with all my AP's (I was supposed to be in Spanish III) so I don't want them thinking I'm slacking off or something. (Drama helped strengthen my EC's though because I'm in One-Act Play thankfully).
Thanks everyone! </p>
<p>AP Physics II again in Senior year? Why?</p>
<p>@Kawaiiii oh gosh, I meant AP Physics I for my junior year!!! Sorry!
Yeah definitely won’t be taking that again haha.</p>
<p>EVERY college we have looked at, even the lower tier schools in my state, want three years of foreign language. Go look at the admission requirements of some of the schools you would like to attend. You might need another year of Spanish. I think the IB Spanish classes are weighted. Check on the science you need. You didn’t say if you are planning to major in a science. You might already have all the science you need. You should check your school’s graduation requirement. I think my kids need three for an advanced diploma. My son is in six AP’s this year and has that non weighted Economics. He has signed up for seven AP’s next year. It’s doable if you like school and stay ahead of the work. </p>
<p>I see that Columbia doesn’t spell out what high school classes they expect you to have taken. Again, check other schools. I think you need more language credits:</p>
<p><a href=“First-Year Applicants | Columbia Undergraduate Admissions”>http://undergrad.admissions.columbia.edu/apply/first-year</a></p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>@OspreyCV22 yeah, I don’t think any school I have ever researched has required more than 2 credits of spanish. I didn’t list my freshman year classes, but I took Spanish 1 my freshman year, so I have enough for almost all colleges. I really want spanish 3 though so I’ve considered it.
Also im planning on majoring in Chemical or Biomedical engineering. My school only requires 4 science credits but I guess you could say I’m trying to go above and beyond, haha. Thank you for your help! </p>
<p>Take Physics C, not Physics II.</p>
<p>See whenever I got booted out of Spanish 3 I was so concerned about that. But I haven’t seen a focus on more than 2 years of foreign language in any colleges besides liberal-arts schools (again from what I’ve seen only). </p>
<p>Consider VCU as a safety. You probably haven’t really heard of it but it’s got a big biomed school and they give $$.</p>