<p>***<strong><em>my freshman year i took</em></strong>
world geography
physical science
english 9
algebra 2
digital communication
gym
art
band</p>
<p>**<strong><em>sophmore year</em></strong>***
american history 1
gym/health/safety
english 10
trigonometry/statistic
spanish 1
biology
typing 1</p>
<p><strong><em>junior year</em></strong>**
american history 2
chemistry
elementary analysis
english 11
spanish 2
strings 1
SAT prep</p>
<p>now, I was going to take AP calculus but my counselor told me, i should take elementary analysis my junior year and then go for calculus my senior year. but i looked through my brother's elementary analysis text book, and it's more like an review for algebra and geometry, it's like super easy, and i do not want to waste one school year taking that stupid class. but my counselor said she would let me take an elementary analysis/calculus class, which means we learn about analysis the 1st semester and then pre calculus the 2nd semester. but I still want to take AP calc this year !!!!!!!we have 5 counselors in our school, and depends on what the 1st letter of ur last name is, u get that counselor, so i don't think we are able to change that.</p>
<p>ok and I kind of want to take human physiology instead of chemistry, because the classes list said that human phy. is for anyone who wants to pursue a medical career, i want to be a doctor, so is that class good for me? but a lot of people told me that chemistry is required for most colleges, and also my counselor told me that if i take chemistry my junior year, then i would be able to take biology 2 my senior year. and i was wondering if it's possible that i go with chemistry in 11th grade, and then take either AP bio, AP chem, or AP physic, my senior year?? or if it's possible that i just go with AP chemistry my junior year and then take AP biology my senior year??? I want to take as many AP classes as i could, but how should i convinced my counselor??? i think the reason why she wouldn't let me take those ap classes is she thinks it might be too hard for me, and she thinks that I should go with regular classes first and if i do go, then i can take AP classes next year which is my senior year, which i think it will be too late for me!!!!!!</p>
<p>I hate to say it, but you really need to go with the customs of your school.</p>
<p>At some schools, it's perfectly acceptable to take an AP science without having taken a basic high school course in the same field. The teachers expect it, and they don't assume that you have any background in the subject. At other schools, everyone who takes the AP has taken the basic course first, and anyone who tries to skip the basic course would be lost.</p>
<p>If you want to be a doctor, chemistry is actually more important than biology. You will need to take two full years of college chemistry to fulfill the pre-med requirements. You can help yourself out by getting as good a chemistry background as possible in high school.</p>
<p>Amen about the chem-- I nearly gagged when I was half-way through reading your post and you said that you'd give up chem for human anatomy and physiology (I forgot that you were only a rising junior at that point). Plus, from my experience with AP bio, you need to know just a bit of chem for the class, but have a solid knowledge on it. </p>
<p>I fully agree with Marian-- it's good to go with the customs of your school, otherwise you might be screwing yourself over. I made the mistake of not going with the customs of my school; I was supposed to take APUSH sophomore year, but I got gypped out of that by an ornery principal and ended up taking regular US history... big mistake, considering the class was so boring and easy I could sleep through the entire period.
But do some research about the AP classes in your school-- do the teachers expect you to have some prior, firm knowledge in the subject, or will they just the subject to you in gigantic quantities throughout the school year? </p>
<p>Also, about the AP thing and wanting to take as many as you can: don't cheat yourself out of an education for the sake of having as many AP classes listed on your transcript. If your teachers expect you to have some prior knowledge about the subject before AP (as my ap biology teacher did), then oh boy, you better get yourself that prior knowledge because taking an AP class in that subject might be like trying to drink from a fire hose. You might end up getting no education from that class and a bad grade, which is not worth for that little AP printed before the class title.</p>
<p>That's just my experience, but like I mentioned above: ask around about your AP teachers and figure it out from there.</p>
<p>Sorry if I don't make much sense in the above, I just noticed how scattered my thoughts were. >< Feel free to ask for clarification!</p>