<p>I am currently a sophomore and I am really interested in Reed college. So far, all of my classes have been AP level and pre-AP level in all areas except for math. I constantly worry over this and think it will hold me back from getting into the tougher liberal arts schools I am so passionate about attending. I receive high A’s in all my pre-AP classes and I only take the “regular” level math class because the pre-AP math workload takes me twice as long as others and I tend to get way too stressed out. I am considering taking pre-AP pre-Cal next year purely because of these “college anxieties,” though that makes me extra nervous because I will be taking 4 AP level courses next year in addition to many pre-AP courses. Can anybody give me advice on weather or not taking a “regular” level math course will hurt me in the long run? I guess my most basic question is weather I should stress myself out and receive a low to mid B in pre-AP pre-Calculus next year or take the “non-pre-AP” class, recieve a high A and still have time to breathe, though not get the honors credit.</p>
<p>I don’t really know what to say, as I’m only a sophomore. I’ve signed up for the hardest classes in my school just to show that I am up for the challenge, although I have been buried in work at several times. My best advice is to take as hard a schedule as you can bear, for I think that it may increase your chances (Brown student told me this). </p>
<p>I wish you the best of luck and hope that I helped a bit! Hang in there! :)</p>
<p>For Reed, I don’t think you have to have all of your classes the hardest possible. If you do not plan on pursuing math or science in college, I would take the easier math. If you’re looking at more competetive schools, like Brown, I would recommend the harder math.<br>
At Reed, you can avoid taking math by taking 2 units of language.
You do need to take a year of science, but you can take Bio, which is hard but not mathy.</p>
<p>Hope that helps.</p>
<p>Heya Rachel! When I was reading your post I thought that I would voice my thoughts.</p>
<p>So, here I am at the end of my Junior year, having taken Honors French 4(AP), Honors Spanish 4 (AP), AP Statistics, Honors Trig/Pre Calc, Honors American History (AP), and Honors Biology (AP), Honors English I (AP), and LOL chorus 
I like chorus though.</p>
<p>I am unable to go to bed before 2:30 A.M. every morning, due to all the homework. That means I run off of 4 hours of sleep (5 hours of sleep next year due to district starting times… woohoo!!!) and am able to keep an A in all those classes. If it sounds fun for you to get out of school at 3:15, go to a club of yours, then another club of yours, then your sport, and arrive home on NON GAME NIGHTS at 7:30, then eat quickly and do homework until 2:30 in the morning, and possibly later to study, I suggest you take that math class!!! Personaly, I’m happy that I took those classes to show that I could do it, even though I was constantly stressed out.</p>
<p>It is though, a lot of hard work! If you can’t see yourself doing that EVERY night, then don’t take it. Don’t. Your grades will fall and everything you’ve worked for will crumble.</p>
<p>A good friend of mine who is “almost” ( ) as smart as me tried to keep up with me this year, and has taken all the clsases I have. The strenous work load has caused him to go down to an UW GPA of 3.1.</p>
<p>Pick wisely :)</p>
<p>lolwut?
I got between 7 and 8 or more hours of sleep every school night of my high school career and I got into Columbia so clearly this isn’t necesarily true. It really depends on how much you can handle, obviously.</p>
<p>It’s dumb. My school has 43 minute classes so we have just enough time to check homework, go over questions, and hand new homework/assignment out. I usually have 8-12 tests/quizes a week! </p>
<p>My school is just dumb/hard like that.</p>