@ailinsh1 Just reading this late. What did your daughter decide? My STEM son son just finished his senior year in HS, and I was going to recommend the folllowing:
–AP Bio (She’s more interested in that than the next AP Physics class - No need to do both at the same time, I don’t think)
–AP Calc BC
–AP English (The AP English courses are different between junior and senior year - one is English Language and the other is English Literature- Since Honors English will require reading and writing anyway, why not do the AP?)
–AP Spanish 5 (if she likes Spanish) or something fun like AP Psych
–Lab Asst
–Intern/Mentor
Double check whether Lehigh or Bucknell Engineering Schools require courses in a foreign language. I don’t think so, but can’t remember. (The IBE program at Lehigh does, but not sure that would interest to her.) Do AP Spanish if the schools require a language, so she doesn’t get rusty in Spanish. If no language course is required, then she should just do what she wants for that AP… Unless you think she might decide to switch out of engineering at some point, in which case she would need to take a language for Arts & Sciences or Business…unless she had AP credit.
From what I can tell, the schedule above is really just four hard academic courses, which seems manageable, because she sounds pretty bright - Unless the lab asst and intern/mentor are difficult with homework?
Look at Lehigh’s admissions brochures. How many APs do they say the average kid has? Use that as a general barometer. My son got into honors engineering programs at both Bucknell and Lehigh. He did 11 APs and two college courses.
Lehigh and Bucknell are two of my favorite engineering colleges. I hope she gets into both. I have read your issues about VA Tech, and I think your daughter would get a lot more attention at the smaller schools. The profs will know who she is.