What classes should I take next year?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>I'll be a senior next year. So far I've taken Biology and Chemistry and I'm in AP Bio right now. My counselor said it would be a good idea to take physics next year, but I really don't want to take normal physics. I know this sounds bad, but at my school it's mostly the not very smart kids who take regular physics as seniors/the kind of smart but still not that smart juniors. I don't know if I would be good at physics or not. If I can, I'll try to take physics over the summer and get into AP Physics B next year. My school offers AP ES and a lot of cool electives like marine biology, orinthology, and psychology. I think the electives sound fun but APES would look better for college and physics would look even better. I don't know and to be honest I don't care that much about what science I take because I'm not passionate about any of the rest I can take.</p>

<p>I also don't know what to do for math. I kind of want to take two history classes next year, which is what screwed me over last year. I didn't know that colleges would look so badly on you if you dropped math senior year, which is what I was planning on when I made my schedule last year. I didn't take honors calculus this year because I thought it would be a waste because it's super hard. I'm in regular calculus right now and the only thing I can go into from that is AP Calc AB or statistics (no AP statistics at my school.) You can only take AP BC if you took honors calc. I don't like math that much and I would be in a class with either really stupid/genius kids (stat is for kids who either didn't have the grades to take regular calc as a senior or kids who have already done multivariable) if I took stat and AP AB doesn't sound fun at all and all the kids who are going to take it are really annoying. What should I choose?</p>

<p>I also forgot to mention that my school is very strict and you can only take five academic classes so unless I drop French (which I really don't want to), science (which I don't want to that much either), or math, I can't take two history classes (I want to take AP Euro and AP Econ).</p>

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<p>Here is what I would do:</p>

<p>Take physics over the summer…
And as a senior, take AP Physics B, AP Calc AB (really not that bad), AP Econ, AP Euro, and whatever English you would take. I know this would mean dropping French, but colleges dont mind people who take 3 years of language. 2 years on the other hand is a problem. This is a solid course load for senior year…</p>

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<p>Thanks for your help! I also forgot to mention though that I will be taking AP English and we are only allowed to to take four honors/AP classes at the maximum. I guess a better question would be: Out of AP English, French 5/5 honors (the teacher hasn’t decided yet if he will count it as honors or not), AP Calculus AB, Statistics, AP Euro, AP Econ, AP Physics B, or scince electives, which classes should I take if I can only take five and only four of them can be honors? I can’t drop English.</p>