Hello, everyone.
My school recently handed out our course selection papers that must be turned in by Monday and I’m having trouble determining what classes I want to take. I’ve taken 0 AP classes so far , but I’ve taken 9 honors courses. On one hand, I don’t want to overwork myself, but on the other hand I don’t want to be lazy and regret my decisions later on. I’m doing well in all of my honors classes (getting all A’s), so the honors courses aren’t a problem for me, I think (Although I am scared that I will be wrong later on). Below is a list of all the classes I want to take, rated on a scale of 1-10 based on how excited I am to take them.
AP Physics (10)
AP Statistics (5)
AP Chemistry (6.5)
AP Computer Science Principals (5)
Honors Spanish 4 (7)
Honors Pre-Calculus (Required)
Honors English 11 (Required)
Honors Principals of Engineering (6.5)
I won’t be taking these courses everyday. My county operates on an A/B day schedule, so I’ll have 4 classes a day with an hour long break in between. I’d appreciate any advice on what I should do. I want to become an astrophysicist or some type of scientist when I get older, so I want to take courses that will help me with that in the future.
Thank you for reading!
How are you doing on history credits. I don’t see a history/social studies class. Assuming you have two - 1 freshman year, 1 sophomore year - and only need two for graduation - just be aware that many colleges look for 3 and top colleges may want 4.
If that is the case I would drop AP Stats or AP Computer Science principals and take honors history (you can take AP but I’m guessing it isn’t of high interest). Otherwise it sounds good. I don’t know if you have any say on which classes are A days vs B days but if so I would guess trying to do 2AP and 2 honors a day would be nice.
Agree that there should be a social studies/history class in there. I’d put AP Stats and one of the sciences on the list to drop.
What sciences have you take to date, and is this AP Physics 1 or AP Physics C? I would not recommend taking Physics C and AP Chem in the same year. Both are intense classes and (should) have associated labs that can become a challenge to balance in terms of schedule.
AP CSP and AP Stats aren’t known to be difficult - those two plus one AP science should be fine for someone with a background in Honors courses.
Balancing the course difficulty and your interest level, my initial suggestion would be to swap an Honors US/World History, Government, etc. class for AP Chem. Even AP World History if available, though not AP US History.