Course Rigor, Rising Junior?

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Title, CA resident

Schools I’m interested in: UCLA, UCB, USC (dad went), Ivies (?)

Majors: Not sure yet, but probably not STEM or the arts

At my school, the only AP’s offered to underclassmen are Biology, CS, and HUG, of which I’ve only taken Biology.

As for junior year, my school offers a ton of different AP’s; here are the one’s I would be able to take: AP Lang, AP USH, AP Chem, AP Calc AB, AP CS, AP Physics, AP Stats. I can take a total of 6 classes, and I can drop my elective (speech) to take another math/science course (in my case, AP Stats/AP Physics/AP Chem).

Currently, my schedule for next year is shaping up to be: AP Calc AB, AP Lang, AP CS, USH (H), Japanese 2, and Speech & Debate.

Would this be good for the major/schools I’m looking at? I’m wondering which courses to take in order to be the most competitive applicant. I’m willing to work through these classes, but I’m not sure about 5-6 AP’s. Thanks for any advice.

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If I were you I would take an AP science such as AP Chem or AP Physics.

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Do you plan to take ap calc bc senior year? If so just take it right now there isn’t much difference.
Also maybe take APUSH instead of honors history and replace speech & debate with study hall or something.

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Would taking a lab science be necessary even if I don’t want to go into STEM? I’ve figured this out the hard way, and I really hate myself for taking AP Bio. Also: I can’t take AP BC because of the system our school has :/. What I’m considering most rn is changing USH (H) < – > AP USH