<p>During my freshman year of high school, I was originally placed in Regular English for the first trimester. I really desired to move up to the Honors course and managed to convince my teacher to move me up by a writing a five page persuasive essay.</p>
<p>For my first term in Honors English, (second term of freshman year) I really worked hard to impress the teacher and to assure my position in that class would remain and I received an A on the course. After that, I just casually worked and I got a B.</p>
<p>I recently finished Honors English 10 and I got B’s each term… Now I’m starting to think, if I were to stay in Regular, I’d be receiving A’s… Did I make the right choice?</p>
<p>I think its better to be in the Honors course and try to challenge yourself. Colleges like to see you taking the hardest classes you’re able to take and still do well in.</p>
<p>You can easily work hard and play hard in high school, even with an honors/AP schedule. I was able to maintain a schedule where I regularly started schoolwork at 11-12am, and finished by 2. I think it’s worth checking to see if you could adapt to such a similar system…? I was not valedictorian, but I had a 4.0 til AP Calc… ugh</p>
<p>But regardless of your schedule, I can tell you without doubt that making A’s in all honors and APs is important if you’re applying to the best colleges. If you’re applying to flagship state unis, then they will make you extremely competitive. I’d heavily recommend that you keep honors and try your best to make A’s.</p>
<p>I think that the last time I regularly went to bed before midnight was 9th grade. You do realize that the “competition” you’re up against for top schools consists largely of people who are more than willing to stay up till midnight, and past it, in order to get an A/4.0.</p>
<p>I dunno how people stay up so late. I had a courseload of all honor’s this year and the latest I ever went to bed was 10:30. I’m starting to think a lot of people have poor time-management skills.</p>
<p>I think you made the right choice. Not just because it looks more challenging to colleges (and don’t forget that weighting you get for honors), but challenging yourself keeps you motivated. Just imagine how bored you’ be in plain ol’ English.</p>
<p>Oh, wait…I actually like school and enjoy being challenged, though. Not sure if you feel the same.</p>
<p>If you can’t get at least a B in honors classes, get out! No “Honors” words in front of those classes will make a C look nice. Trust me, some people are just not suited for certain levels in specific subjects (for me, this was calculus BC…should have taken AB). Beware: getting straight A’s in all regulars looks bad too.</p>
<p>Please don’t hate me for this stereotyped rant:
I personally think many regular classes are crowded, noisy, and unsuitable learning environments. Have you seen many of the jockeys and cheerleaders in there? They act like education does not matter! Honors classes provide much better opportunities to think critically and challenge yourself and your teamwork capabilities. Seriously, easy classes are BORING</p>
<p>@Elleya: You see, it’s a matter of perspective. 12:00 (midnight) seems like a perfectly normal time to go to sleep to me. In fact, to me, going to bed at 10:30 is really, really, really early. And the same often applies to college. If you go to bed at 10:30, you’ll often miss out on some late-night activities, not to mention that since most people are still awake, you might have trouble sleeping.</p>
<p>Maybe it will change for you if/when you start taking more AP classes (maybe it won’t).</p>