I’m in the process of choosing my classes for next year, sophomore year. I’m a pretty hardworking student and am getting pretty good grades freshman year. At my school, very few sophomores even take an AP class. I’m debating on whether or not I should take two. Here are my class choices for next year, but these are not final and I may change them.
- Advanced English II
- Chinese III Honors
- AP modern Euro
- Advanced Band
- PE II
- AG Calculus
- AP bio
Are these classes too difficult? Is it too much? I want to take academically challenging classes, but I want enough time to fully prepare and study for each class with some free time. Thanks!
It doesn’t seem like a diificult schedule, but only you would know your aabilities and if you can handle it. How would strangers on CC know your abilities or work ethic? Is Chinese your primary or secondary language at home? If so, that class should be easy. Band and PE? Another 2 fluff classes… which ones are you worried about?
I agree with @GA2012MOM. You have to be confident in yourself. What did you take your 9th grade year? What are your strong suits? Any idea of what you might want to pursue a career in? You can make this decision yourself just by answering this questions. If you’re not interested in science or hate science, then AP Bio probably isn’t the best choice for you.
Have you taken chemistry? I would strongly recommend chem prior to AP bio. As far as the workload, that is pretty much individual dependent.
I haven’t taken chemistry but I plan on taking it over the summer right before sophomore year. I am pursuing a STEM major most likely in either computer science or biotechnology. I’ve been around Chinese my whole life, but I do need to work on reading and writing, but I’m very confident in that class. I’m mainly worried about the two AP classes and AG Calculus which I’m not bad at, but it’s not my best subject.