She’s already taken AP Physics C Mechanics. She’s taken through Spanish IV Hon; next step would be Spanish V AP, which is an option, but doesn’t really do anything for her at most schools in terms of fulfilling any requirements if she does well on the test. So if she’s going to do an AP class, I would think Psych, Stats, or Env. Science would be better. She’s taken 2 years of Art, 3 years of Social Studies. Her overall transcript is STEM heavy given her interests, but is more well rounded than some, and not just focused on maxing out the AP’s (e.g., she only needed one year of art and took 2; she took anatomy and physiology even though it is an unweighted class because she’s interested in it; she’s doing a veterinary internship with a research writing and presentation component, so it is not strictly STEM). I was shocked to hear her talking about classmates who has purposefully avoided taking PE/Health until their senior year to maximize their GPA through their junior year, since it is an unweighted class. And some of her friends took 6 AP classes last year just because they wanted to maximize their GPA. We advised her to take the AP’s where her interests were, and back off where they weren’t to strike a balance – so she took AP Chem, English, Calc, and Physics, but backed off on World History to Honors. It worked out well for her – she was busy but not overwhelmed between classes and doing varsity athletics all year round; still had time for social life and just chilling some, and I think she’ll be fine wrt college admissions. There is part of her that is annoyed because she knows her class rank will “suffer” compared to her classmates that played those games with their schedules, but big picture, she’s happy with how HS has gone and is not looking forward to it being over yet.