AP Selection for Sophomore Year

horseshoe99
Wed, 18 Mar 2015 02:18:21 +0000

Hi! I’m going to be a sophomore next year and I’m trying to decide what my next 3 years will be like. I already planned it out but I’m starting to doubt it again because my school recently added the AP Capstone program. My dream school is MIT, and I’m a straight A, science-research, math competition, tech-geek kind of person. My current 4-year plan has 14 AP classes (4 in sophomore year), but AP Capstone gives me a chance to get 16. I don’t know what is best because if I go with the 14-route, I get to take more science classes, but I will probably learn this science outside of school anyways through research. Also, my high school is very annoying and allows only 6 classes per semester, instead of 8 like many others, which puts me at a disadvantage. I’m very tempted to take all these science classes, and just self-study French, but I don’t know if this is a good idea. Any advice from people who have been in similar situations?