I am going to be a junior this year and am having trouble picking my classes.
As of now, I am taking the following classes:
- academic decathlon
- ap economics
- sl physics
- hl english (required)
- sl chemistry
- hl math
- sl spanish
- hl american history (required)
Again, I am an ib student so these are all ib classes.
My dilemma right now is that i want to maintain my gpa and rank. I am currently my grade’s number one and would like to maintain it. Unfortunately, decathlon is not weighted as much as my other classes and I am worried that it will affect my gpa and rank.
This leads me to my other option. I took art during my freshmen and sophomore year and I was thinking about switching out decathlon for ib art.
The problem though is that my decathlon coach is a bit stubborn and would not like it if I was not in the class. Decathlon is a little like an extracurricular activity and I do all my studying at home which is why I feel like I should drop the class since it won’t help my competition results and gpa. However, I am not sure if ib art is the way to go and I am not sure if I should just keep the class and hope that I will be able to keep my rank.
I need professional help! Please let me know your opinion on what I should do!