My school is small and only has about 10 AP classes, but my Junior year I want to take 3. I was thinking AP Chem (I know I should stop there), AP Language, and AP Computer Science. AP Chem is of course hard, but I am in the prerequisite Chemistry class, and getting A+ with very little effort. I am good at “technical” writing I guess (not stories and writing from feelings and such) so I feel I could do well in AP Lang. AP CS seems easy to me due the the teacher being easy, and already knowing a decent amount of code from Programming I + II as well as interest from a young age. I am currently taking APUSH with one of our schools hardest teachers, and getting an A. I have an unweighted 4.0 and I have a lot of free time and feel like I could put a lot more effort in. What do you guys think? How are the AP Lang and CS exams?
Main other classes are Trig/Pre-Calc (one class in our small school) and a World Religions (required in our school) class with a pretty hard teacher. I am hoping for Robotics or Engineering. I could take physics as well easily in my schedule if you think its a good idea. The CS class is just general Computer Science in Java, not much info, first year they are offering it.
I have 2.5 foreign language credit from Middle School (counts as HS). I have taken Bio and they are offering AP Bio this year but I think Chem and Bio would be too mich in one year, will probably take next year. Thank you guys!
Try foreign language level 3 unless none of your targeted schools recommend 3+ years (which is rather unlikely).
Maybe double up on AP Bio and standard or Honors Physics senior year. Don’t try to take AP or DE Physics w/Lab and AP Bio at the same time. If you’re dying to take physics junior year for some reason, then save APCS for senior year.
And when you look at college foreign language requirements, look at the graduation requirement not the admissions recommendation. You don’t want to try and take a level 3 or 4 class in college after not taking it for a few years.
Oh wow, I totally forgot that the OP hasn’t taken Spanish in at least three years. In that case, it would probably not be wise to take Spanish III. Upper level foreign language courses are no joke since the “average” students who have already fulfilled the graduation requirements for a given high school or state (usually two years) are no longer lumped in with the kids who actually want to learn the subject.
Even so, OP probably won’t be as competitive as someone who has taken three or more years of a foreign language unless the colleges they are targeting neither require nor recommend at least three years.
@r2v2018 If the OP goes to a college that requires level 3 or 4 to graduate, they are likely going to have to start over at level 1 if no more is completed in HS.
I realized I haven’t even said the right things. My school requires 2 foreign language. I actually have 3.5 and this is from 6, 7, 8 and a Conversational Class last semester. I will probably take French IV next (Junior) or senior year. Thank you for showing me I should probably get more.
Definitely take French 4 since not continuing foreign language started in middle School will be a problem (same if a kid is in algebra2 in9th grade and doesn’t take precalculus…)
And with only middle school French (and a half credit conversation class) under your belt you would have to start right at college French 1. To give you an idea of the pace, rhe material covered in 3 years of middle school foreign language are usually completed in one semester in college.