OK, I didn’t look up your other thread and having seen this I think you really need to reconsider how much you want to skip and push yourself.
Honors US History 2 - B+
Trigonometry - B+
Speech I - A
Honors English 9 - A
Italian 1 - A
AP Environmental Science - B+
So, basically your plan is to skip the usual sophomore level class for every class you managed to get an A in as a freshman. I’m going to be blunt here. Freshman classes are easy compared to what comes later. I think you are headed into being a straight B student at best and there’s nothing wrong with that but it isn’t going to get you into any top colleges. Why would you want to skip and jump ahead when you aren’t managing the classes at the level you started at terribly well? Taking this or that ahead of the other guy isn’t how to impress colleges. Doing it well is how to impress them.
Colleges will look for you to take 4 years of English and 3 to 4 years of foreign language, culminating in AP or other highest level your school offers skipping classes in that sequence will not impress them. Taking the classes and excelling will.
I would either save AP Physics OR AP Lang until your junior or senior year. At my school, we only have 1 available AP course for freshmen, two for sophomore (AP World or European, so you can only take one), and tons for juniors and seniors, so I would save one until your junior or senior year, so that you can level out your classes throughout your 4 years and not make it so tough one year.
It has just come to my attention that I should’ve stated my freshman year GPA as well, and since there are so many people advocating for the fact that I may not have time for anything aside from school, I might drop AP Lang for Honors 10. Through what @mathyone and @VickiSoCal are stating, it seems like a more practical choice to drop one AP, and that one seems to be the most affordable. Although, in terms of AP Physics and AP World, I’ve already spoken with my counselor and she heavily advised to stay in those classes; she had informed me that many sophomores in past years have taken the same classes (surprisingly with precalculus as well) and they have done very well in them.
Thanks to all who replied!
I think it was a good decision to drop AP lang, but are you sure about skipping from italian 1 to italian 3? I’m not sure what your school’s curriculum is like, but in my school, skipping from year 1 to year 3 would be a disaster. In first year, we never speak and only write simple sentences, but in third year, we have to write papers, read stories, and speak in whatever language you’re taking. Have you talked to your teacher enough to know what’s expected of you?
Oh, one more thing, for whatever AP courses you take next year, you need to get a “crash course” book for each subject. They are extremely helpful (you could easily spend tons of money on other books, but this is cheap and really helps a lot to simplify things). Trust me, it helps! Good luck!
AP Lang is not that hard. I just took that course this year and It really helps with writing skills! As long as you practice the writing section for the exam, you’ll be fine!
Is AP Physics algebra based or calculus based? If it’s calculus based, hold off on that, because you need the precalc for that! If it’s algebra based, go for it! I took Honors/AP Physics 1/2 (Same course material into the same period) and you won’t need any other math past Algebra 2.
Take Biology. Colleges want to see that you took biology, chemistry, and physics. If you want to push it, take AP Bio, but after Honors Chemistry.
Don’t push yourself so hard, but also don’t be bored. If you know the material, it’s ok to skip it, but you want to tell your teachers that.
While true, OP should still take as a junior when the the class will be most helpful in writing college seedy apps. In addition, it can’t be underscored enough, but a student’s emotional and intellectual maturity grows exponentially throughout HS; so what might be appropriate for a junior is not always appropriate for a sophomore.
