Thoughts on Junior and Senior Year HS Schedule?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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I’m thinking of going into careers that revolve around stem. I just wanted to know what your opinions are of my schedule, and what you think I should do to improve it. For example, should I take AB and BC calc in one year or separate them? More info at the bottom

Junior Year-

Semester A
Precal H
Jazz Ensemble
AP Lang
Physics H

Semester B
AP Calc AB
Symphonic Band
APUSH
AP Chem or Bio

Senior Year-

Semester A
AP Calc BC
Jazz Ensemble
AP Lit
DE Gen Physics 1

Semester B
Figuring out what else to take. Maybe stats?
Symphonic Band
AP Euro
AP Chem or Bio

I’ve taken Spanish up to level 3 already, but I don’t want to continue and i’d rather take other classes that interest me. By junior year I would have already completed regular chemistry and biology, but I don’t know which ap to take first. For calc, we must complete AB before BC, we cannot skip.

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Your schedule looks reasonable, sequential and should get you looked at by strong programs in a STEM major depending on what the admissions criteria are for submitting subject specific subject tests and your preparation for them.

Any reason you are choosing to do both AP Chem and Bio, instead of going into an AP Physics program?

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We don’t offer AP physics, but our local community college offered physics courses and I thought gen physics 1 would be similar.

4

Physics in college may be offered with more calculus (for physics and engineering majors) or less/no calculus (for biology majors, who can also take the more calculus version if they want). Since you will have completed calculus AB before physics and will be taking calculus BC concurrently, you should be able to take either kind; consider your future college major. If you are good at math, you may want to consider the more calculus version since calculus makes it easier to understand some physics concepts.

5

That makes sense.

The colleges and universities to which my children applied did not require that AP Physics be taken in high school (don’t believe any uni does),but was just wondering, as you are looking for STEM and seemed headed toward that type of rigorous program.

Your HS program looks strong, achievable and able to prepare you for being well-received by colleges and universities.

Here’s to your doing well as you continue to move forward.

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For senior ear semester B see if you can take Discrete math or linear Algebra?

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Try to find an area of interest (science, math, english) and take classes revolving around that area. If you like science, take humanities and other english classes. If you like science, ap chem, bio, environ sci, psychology, and if you really like science take Organic Chem or Bioscience at local uni, but take one class each in the other 5 core subject areas

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@lion32: organic chemistry is a weeder at all universities. It SHOULD NOT be taken in HS and you should wait till at least spring freshman year to attempt it.