all courses in highschool, starting in freshman year, no electives
I’m currently in 8th grade.
If not, can you make recommendations on what I should change?
These are the courses I’m planning to take in the next 4 years:
Freshman:
AP World History
AP Biology
Honors World Literature
Honors German 1
Multivariable Calculus (assuming I pass the AP Calculus BC test and midterm, I can also take AP Calculus BC class next year) MV can also be done over the summer.
Sophomore:
AP Chemistry 1
AP US History
Honors American Literature
Honors German 2
AP Statistics
Junior:
AP Chemistry 2
AP European History
AP Language and Composition
Honors German 3
Geometric Topology (if possible, this course is if a teacher in my highschool can teach it)
Senior:
AP Literature and Composition
Honors German 4
AP Psychology or AP Comparative Government and Politics
AP Computer Science B --counting as math course
AP Mechanics Physics
Why? In school right now I’m learning AP Calculus BC. This is how my school teaches, I’m in a class with 12 kids. There are 4 7th graders in my school who are also in AP Calculus BC.
Your courses look fine but you really don’t need to stress over it right now, especially since your interests will change by the time you graduate high school.
You’re not going to take AP Bio, History, and a lit class, along with a Calculus class, and expect not to have multiple breakdowns. The first three classes will take more time for memorization/reading than you think. Do you read about courses or is it all about the name for you? You’re thinking about jumping straight into an AP Chemistry course without an honors/chemistry 1 course before? Taking all this doesn’t even guarantee you admission to the MITs, Harvards, etc. lol
Definitely keep in mind what @photogeek8 said. It’s quite possible your interests will change over high school. Mine certainly have. Also, keep in mind your extracurriculars! High school opens up a LOT of opportunities for clubs, sports, etc, so you may want to hold back a bit on yours classes in favor of picking up a sport or a club or something.
Like @Anish14 said, it’s not a good idea to jump into AP Chem without first year chem/chem honors. If you’ve taken a year of chem, that’s another thing, but even if you take first year chem over the summer, chances are it’ll be significantly harder in the first part of the year than if you took a school year of chemistry.
Also, well, AP Computer Science may count as a math course at your school, but I wouldn’t call it a math course.
Yep, @Faultystart nailed it. Without mastering your basics in chemistry,you’re going to struggle if you want to take AP Chem and other AP courses together. I have a friend who skipped straight to AP Chem and though he is able to maintain a low A in the class, he studies for 2-3 hours some night for the class alone and works much harder than others who took Chem 1 (and we have an exceptional teacher). Ultimately, a 4 or 5 on the AP Exam is your goal, so you shouldn’t be taking the class for the sake of taking it.
Extracurricular are important, just find what you like. It’s easy to schedule all those classes, but you’ll realize your mistake during the year. Just take 1 AP during 9th grade and see if you can handle the workload and pace. As for your math case, no need to rush into MV Calc.
do not overload yourself with ap classes. you may be excellent at mathematics, but do you have the writing capabilities to succeed in APWH or APUSH? note that those classes are taken by sophomores and juniors and APWH has one of the lowest AP exam passing rates due to the essays and the fact that most sophomores cannot write at a college-level. if you cannot write efficiently and clearly, do not take APWH or wait until you can write at a college level, or else you will not get a 5 on the exam.
ap biology is a class typically taken by juniors who have already taken honors biology and honors chemistry (at least in the area where i live). i’m surprised that they are allowing freshmen to take the course.
your school seems ridiculous. i live next to a stereotypical asian-dominated high school that wins national science and math competitions and is nationally ranked, yet the highest math course a freshman can take is precalculus. just slow down; you’re already taken more advanced classes than 99% of the freshman population. enjoy high school and participate in things you enjoy.
I agree with @Muufeen !! I go to a school where they like he push students to take advanced classes, but not like this! AP Bio (at my school) requires taking biology and chemistry at a lower level before moving up. I would also like to point out: there is no AP Chem 1 and AP Chem 2… Check to make sure they’re actual CB AP classes.
There is an AP Chemistry 1 and AP Chemistry 2 class in my highschool.
AP Computer Science B is a special math course that is only offered in individualized programs, if you pass 2 tests and you get a 95+ on AP Computer Science A.
That looks cool! It looks like a really great schedule, academically. Jeez. o.o
Consider Linear Algebra, if Geometric Topology isn’t available.
I /would/ be worried about the workload on some of these APs. While I don’t doubt you can handle the material, given you’re currently taking calculus as an 8th grader (guh), the intensity of these courses can actually be very unfair.
Taking one, or… /three/ of them online- at your own pace- might be really helpful for you.
Not to mention @Muufeen 's comments. Would you feel confident writing in that type of environment, with those high standards, so bewilderingly soon? It’d be a serious challenge for anyone.
Also, the accomplished student you are, consider dual-enrolling at your local community college! It’d allow you to take full benefit of a college class’s flexibility (compared to the AP curriculum).
I would like to learn to write correctly from those classes. It would teach me to become a better writer which would help me in college, and writing an essay for college.
Calculus as an 8th grader isn’t a big deal. It’s really not that hard. It’s about as hard as something like, in which I imagine to be Algebra 2, though I never took Algebra 2. Though I did take Algebra, it’s about as hard as that. Now, obviously its a more challenging course, though its difficulty is the same for me in general…I had just had as hard of a time learning new and challenging concepts in Algebra as in Calc. I’m not smart, gifted, or any of that nonsense. I just put more effort into math courses than some other people. Calculus, in my opinion, should be taught in a regular 8th grade class, though, if they did that, what would they teach in high school?
That’s why I think they make students take basic classes, far below the level in which they can learn in middle school/elementary school, so they have more courses that aren’t that far off in difficulty (unless you’re taking AP/honors classes, the calc course I’m doing right now is an AP course, though in my school its easy, It should be a regular course in terms of difficulty).