Which high school classes should I take?

Applying to College
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<p>I am going to be a sophomore in high school this fall and I want to take the classes that will give me the best chance of getting into either Stanford or UPenn.</p>

<p>Here are my Freshman year classes:
English 9 Honors
AP Human Geography
Chemistry
Health
Spanish 2
Algebra 2 Honors
Weights</p>

<p>In the coming years I have more free space for either electives, resources, or other AP classes. What do you guys suggest?</p>

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<p>What courses are available to you? This is what I’m taking next year(first semester b/c I’m studying abroad second semester):</p>

<p>American literature honors (basically English 10)
AP JAVA
Honors Chemistry
PE/Health
French 3
Honors precalculus
US History</p>

<p>I’m also taking a linguistics course first semester at a university as well (which I recommend. I’m taking a course right now and I have and A and you sound smarter than me). Your course selection should depend on what interests you. Adcoms wanna see applicants with a passion for a particular thing. What are your extracurriculars? Those are also important. Maybe talk to guidance?</p>

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<p>I’m a soph too btw</p>

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<p>I play football, and that is what I really like to do. Obviously there are no classes related to that, but I am also interested in business. That is the major I think I want to study as well, so business classes might be a good option. But anyway, which college are you taking classes at? And how did you get signed up for that? Sounds very interesting.</p>

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<li><p>When it comes to highly selective schools, they’re all looking for basically the same things academically, high achievement in a rigorous courseload. There’s no need to differentiate between colleges of this caliber. </p></li>
<li><p>What matters is that you’re taking the most demanding schedule your HS offers/permits.</p></li>
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<p>As for football related things, you could try training the little kid players or volunteering at a camp. I’m a runner and I’m helping a few people lose weight and/or get healthier. I’m taking classes at the university of Rhode Island. If you look at the website for a state school you can find a non degree student application which generally people use if they already have a degree and they’re interested in a subject (usually old people) or students home for the summer looking for extra credits. It depends on the college. I was unable to do that at Rhode Island college so I guess it depends. Business has a lot of things involved with it. Do you know of an FBLA chapter near you?</p>

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<p>Take the hardest classes possible and gets the highest grades possible if you’re looking for a top caliber school.</p>

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<p>stay with a sport, athletics and academics are looked well upon if you manage to balance them both out</p>

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<p>personally I do water polo</p>