Curriculum Advice?

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I’m currently a freshman and I’ve been working on my entire high school curriculum. My school requires 4 years of math, 4 years of English, 3 years of science, 3 years of history, 2 years of electives, 3 years of foreign language, a health/PE course. Please let me know what you think of my tentative curriculum; I’ve been getting a lot of feedback and I want to see what you think. I’m looking to go to medical school, so please let me know if that focus is evident.

FRESHMAN YEAR
Geometry Honors
Algebra II Honors
Biology Honors
Literature and Composition I
AP US Government and Politics
Chinese II Honors
Spanish II Honors

SOPHOMORE YEAR
Precalculus Honors
AP Biology
Chemistry Honors
Literature and Composition II Honors
AP US History
Chinese III Honors
Spanish III Honors

JUNIOR YEAR
AP Calculus BC
AP Chemistry
AP English Language and Composition
Chinese IV Honors
AP Spanish Language
AP Seminar
AP Computer Science Principles

SENIOR YEAR
AP Physics I
AP English Literature and Composition
AP World History
AP Chinese Language
AP Research
AP Computer Science A
Health/PE

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Looks good in my opinion

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  • no math senior year = why accelerate freshman year if you don't have a math class to take senior year?
  • unless AP us gov is a freshman class at your high school, the AP freshmen typically take isbap human geography.
  • rather an AP bio, if you really want to double up in science, take chemistry and AP physics 1. AP physics 1 is less time consuming and challenging than AP bio + to truly 'get'ap bio you need chemistry + try to take the class closer to when you'll retake it in college.
  • junior year : drop AP seminar. You have too many AP 's. (elite schools only expect 6-8 total).
  • you don't have any history/social science that year. Take honors history or geography or sociology etc.
  • having two languages through level 4 or AP is very rare and will help you stand out. However, it is also very difficult to achieve.
  • senior year, take Honors English (you already have AP language).
  • AP gov would be better then than freshman year.
  • many students regret having pushed health/pe to the last year. Try to take it over the summer.
  • you'll have AP bio that year, AP gov or wh, AP Chinese, AP CS, honors English. Try to add one 'fun class' and one math class, which could be linear algebra or discrete math or multivariate calculus. Or, don't double up freshman year and take calculus BC then.