Want vs Should

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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Hi everyone! I’m having a terrible time choosing my schedule for junior year. I know what classes I should take but I also want to take classes I would love. I’m not sure if I should go with what I want or what I should take.

What I signed up for (Junior year):
1 AP English 3
2 AP Chemistry
3 AP Statistics
4 AP Psychology
5 Pre-calculus
6 Spanish 3
7 US History
8 Health Careers Core

Then senior year:
1 AP English 4
2 AP Bio
3 AP Physics
4 AP Eco/gov
5 AP Environmental Science
6 Health Careers Internship
7 Anatomy and physiology
8 AP Calculus

I would LOVE to take AP Human Geo and Sports Med ROP. I don’t have room at all.
I know I SHOULD take AP Spanish 4 senior year but I hate Spanish and I’m already doing Sign Language at a CC.
I know I SHOULD take AP US History but I already took two AP history classes this year and hated it.
Same thing for AP Eco/gov. I think I would absolutely hate Eco/gov.
I know I SHOULD take AP Physics (or just Physics) but both AP and non AP is extremely challenging at my school because we have 1 teacher that teaches both and she’s considered “bad.”
I also want to switch AP Stats with AP Environmental but I feel like my senior year would absolutely kill me then.

Please help :frowning: Thanks in advance!

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Fill in what you should, meaning, do what you NEED to do. Then fill in the rest of what you WANT to do.

This basically means if you NEED to take AP US History, then take it. But if it’s optional, then take what you want to do.

Rule of thumb: take what you need to do, but fill in the rest of what you want to do to show universities your interests.

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@QiWireless alright, I’ll try arranging my schedule that way! Thank you

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Since you’re interested in APES, switch it for AP Stats junior year.
Senior year, choose two between Anatomy/Physiology, AP Bio and AP Physics. I would suggest AP Bio and regular or Honors Physics, OR Anatomy/Physiology and AP Physics.
You took APES junior year and with the “double science” combination above, you now have free space for AP Human Geog and Sports Med ROP. :slight_smile:
Your schedule would be very good with these minor changes. :slight_smile:

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@Myos1634 what is APES? haha

Oh I got it! Nevermind. Thanks so much!