mcqdeltat

My schedule for my Junior year is:
1) AP ENGLISH
2) HONORS CHEM.
3) ALGEBRA 3-4
4) PRE-CALC./TRIG.
5) HEALTH OCCUPATION HONORS
6) AP U.S. HISTORY
7) SPANISH 3-4

By any means is this a good course load for a student wishing to apply for the Ivies?
P.S. I've gotten only straight A's till now but a little short on EC's

lobgent

Depends. Do you think your schedule is the most difficult that your school will allow you to take?

mikeman90

My schedule...
1)AP English
2)AP Chem
3)AP Chem Lab
4)Math B2 (its a NY thing)
5)VB Programing
6)Lunch
7)Spanish 4R (4R= 4th year regents a NY thingagain)
8)Gym
9 S1) Health
9 S2)Graphic Comm


That is in no order... just the courses i will be taking... S2= second half of the year... I might drop AP Chem because 3 AP's come winter durning wrestling season may prove to be a little much for me...
I am not aspiring to go to any Ivies or any very very high ranked school.. im fine with an average University/College.... such as Champlain, RIT and other colleges/universities that have Infosec majors

mcqdeltat

Yup, It's the toughest possible.

Kafka89

I go to a competitive Jewish private school, so we have religious classes. Also, in my school the application/essay process for AP and Honors classes is pretty tough. Getting into APUSH is a big deal and not falling out of Honors (no AP) math and science is also a big achievment. Our school's regular classes are considered really hard by public school standards. One kid in our school had a 3.09 and when he moved to a "top-flight" private school, he got into all AP classes except for Spanish (Honors). He now has a 3.7 or so unweighted and a 4.0+ weighted.

That being said:
1) AP British Literature (English) -- Only kid who got in who wasn't in the AP English class this past year.
2) Honors American History
3) Pre-Calc (Hopefully I'll get a rec from my sophomore math and science teachers, as I was in the top two of both of those classes - A+ in ALG2 and A in Chem, but they don't tell you until soon before school starts this way you don't complain)
4) Physics
5) Spanish 4
6) Hebrew 11
7) Tanakh (Study of Torah, the writings of Prophets, and other texts)
8) Rabbinics (Study of Jewish law in the Talmud)
9) Health (lol)

Electives:
1st Semester: Public Speaking
2nd Semester: Film