<p>I only took 2 of 4 available honors as a frosh
I took 3/4 as a sophomore 1 ap was available
I took 5/5 honors as a junior. 2 APs were available unless you wanted to take 2 both ap sciences then 3
I’m taking ap bio, psych, and Econ senior year. Also honors English and math (both available in ap).
The reason for this is I’m not cut out for high school classes. I’ve always been very strong in math but I’m working 8hrs a weak and ap calc just doesn’t seem worth all the work. Math classes are typically the teacher teaching you how to do stuff and then you practice it like a million times. That’s really boring to me so I don’t really try that hard in math. I also am really slow with hw, can’t focus and i get frustrated pretty easily. If there was a math class where you actually got to think critically and do less but more challenging work, I would take it. I also would really like to have a life in my last year of hs! I don’t think I can do that with 4 ap classes. Should I explain this in college apps? Do you think they’ll wonder why I’m taking the lowest available calc when I LOVE math and want to be a biomedical engineer. I’m also taking honors physics (available as ap but seems impossible). Or should I just not use excuses and accept that I probably won’t get into top colleges because I’m “lazy”?
Btw I have a 3.95/4.65 uw/w gpa</p>
<p>You don’t like boring work or working outside of the classroom, and you want to take an easier courseload so that you can slack off senior year…no, you should definitely not use those excuses on your college applications.</p>
<p>Actually getting into a top math or BME university would be your WORST nightmare.
For all the reasons you list above.</p>
<p>You have it all wrong…
You should be taking all APs so you get credit for college classes, thus allowing you to slack your freshman year of college.</p>
<p>@beerme
You’re saying college work is still just pointless busy work? There’s no hw in most classes so I figured it’d be different. </p>
<p>There will be homework in college classes. Daily reading assignments in humanities, daily or weekly problem sets in math and science courses. And of course, papers and projects which you will work on out of class could also be considered as “homework”. College will require much more self-disciplined study habits than high school.</p>
<p>You have a moderately rigorous schedule, and it appears you have performed well at that level of rigor. Colleges will judge it in context and in an ideal world - you will be admitted to colleges where they think you are prepared to succeed. I think its great that you know yourself well enough to choose a high school schedule that works well for you. It may not be the level of rigor that “top” schools are looking for, but should get you into strong schools where you can be successful.</p>
<p>OP-
Homework in college is self directed and you determine if doing it increases your understanding of the class subject.
Homework in hs and college was always worth my time.</p>
<p>Where did you get the impression that there is no homework in college?</p>
<p>Well I have my own ways of learning. Homework that’s actually collected stresses me out. Occasionally hw is worth it for me but I usually have my own way of doing things. I’d rather explore topics in depth than do the same type of problem a million times like my typical hs hw assignments.
Btw by top I definitely don’t mean Ivy. I would sooner kill myself than attend an Ivy. UVA was the hardest on my list but I’m leaning against it. </p>
<p>Biomedical engineering may not be the best choice for someone who does not want much work outside of the classroom.</p>
<p>From my experience taking a college course and some more rigorous courses, there definitely is less busy work. It’s more learn at your pace, (there still is graded work), so optional hw is only needed if you feel like you want it. In the college math class I took I was able to learn most of it all on my own and ask the professor to clear up some doubts I had before the final so I never did optional work or any practice (didn’t buy textbook or pay much attention in class either), but I’m sure I’ll run into harder classes in colleges where I might need to do the optional homework and there still is graded work.
I don’t think you should try explaining it, you really are just slacking even if it’s for your own reasons which are okay. It’s still fairly rigorous, so I think you’ll mostly be okay.</p>
<p>Okay thanks. I won’t explain it. </p>