Should I Change My Junior Year Schedule To Become More Competitive??

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>Hello everyone,</p>

<p>I am going to be a junior next year and I really want to impress the colleges I am applying to. My schedule right now is hard but I don't feel it is hard enough. I will be ranked first but I am only taking two AP's due to the nature of my school's AP schedule.
Here is what I originally signed up for (my school runs a block-schedule) :</p>

<p>1st Semester</p>

<ol>
<li>AP Biology (yearlong two-course sequence)</li>
<li>AP English Lang. (yearlong two-course sequence)</li>
<li>Honors US History (mandatory)</li>
<li>Honors Physics (no AP)</li>
</ol>

<p>2nd Semester</p>

<ol>
<li>AP Biology</li>
<li>AP English Lang</li>
<li>Honors Psychology Online</li>
<li>Honors Pre Calculus </li>
</ol>

<p>Since we run a block schedule (4 classes a day), it is very hard to "load up" on AP's.</p>

<p>Here is another option with more AP's:</p>

<p>1st Semester</p>

<ol>
<li>AP Biology </li>
<li>AP English Lang</li>
<li>Honors US History</li>
<li>AP Psychology/ AP Statistics Online (alternate days on a A/B schedule since they are online)</li>
</ol>

<p>2nd Semester </p>

<ol>
<li>AP Biology</li>
<li>AP English Lang</li>
<li>AP Psychology/ AP Statistics</li>
<li>Honors Pre Calculus</li>
</ol>

<p>So what option should I choose? If I pick option 2, I won't be able to take Honors Physics since my school offers this course every other year. Do you think I desperately need Physics before college??? And pertaining to the AP's, AP Biology and AP English are year long and everyday while the two online AP's are yearlong but every other day. </p>

<ul>
<li>I want to go to Chapel Hill or Wake Forest if that helps.</li>
</ul>

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<p>Take Physics if you are interested in any kind of engineering.</p>

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<p>My advice to students and peers is that picking classes to impress colleges is good and important, but you have to think, can one really handle such and such classes? Say that you’ll be taking a lot AP classes sounds good coming out of your mouth, but actually doing the classes is stressful. I wish I could take more AP classes, but for my Junior year, I’m doing AP Biology and AP Environmental. I would have added AP Chemistry, but I needed to take the mandatory two foreign language classes -.- Pick a schedule you feel is right for you.</p>

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<p>Trust me, a schedule of all APs and honors is nothing to look down on. This is a great schedule.</p>