<p>Around here you just go to whatever school you are zoned to so nothing fancy:</p>
<p>No arts requirement
Language: 2 years of same language (we start language at 10th grade here)
Math: Algebra 1 (may take it in MS), geometry, algebra II and something higher than that
English: 4 years
S.S/History: 3 years
PE/Health: one year
Science: One earth/enviro, chem or physical and then biology. (3 years-2lab sciences and an earth)</p>
<p>Yup. Is sad. If it weren’t for the 4 years of english, I could possibly graduate as a sophomore.</p>
<p>I was lucky to be able to take a foreign language in 8th, so that helped free up an extra class and got me ahead a year. It<code>s funny that my school has pretty strict requirements considering that we</code>re basically out in the middle of nowhere and only about 40% go to college.</p>
<p>Kay, I might as well just post this, since everyone else is:</p>
<p>English - 4 years
Theology - 4 years (uuuuuuuuuuuuuuugh)
Social Studies 3 1/2 years (senior government is only 1 semester)
Science - 3 years
Math - 3 years (to include Alg I/II and Geometry)
Language - 2 years
Visual/Performing Arts - 1 year
*Enough electives to complete all credit requirements</p>
<p>Everyone is required to take seven classes a semester (unless you’re a super smart senior and have skipped a bunch of classes or have taken them early - then you get a free period, or you can take classes at a CC).</p>
<p>4 English
Math up until precal
Earth, bio and Chem (or physics…)
World, civics, and us
Two language credits
4 career technical (fashion merchandising, culinary, engineering etc)
4 electives, (languages count as electives… Art, music etc)
And 1 gym credit…</p>
<p>2 English lang and lit
2 Maths
2 history/geography
2 language (and 2/3 languages all through middle school)
2 all sciences
2 elective (can be another language, humanity or other)</p>
<p>Final two years of high school we take 3/4 subjects of our choice, the same ones for both years, so we basically specialise for college early.</p>
<p>For a regular diploma, you need 4 English credits, 4 social studies, 3 math, 3 science, 1 foreign Lang, 1 art/music, 0.5 health, 2 phys. Ed, and 3.5 electives. Make that 4.5 for advanced diploma. The 3rd credit for math or science (not both) can be a tech class. and it says you need 3 foreign lang credits OR 5 career/tech credits OR 5 arts credits for advanced too.</p>
<p>Ah! ^ Finally someone whose school has the reg/advanced diploma thing besides mine! (Unless the rest of you have that too and didn`t mention it.)</p>
<p>Wow your schools are lax XD. I wish mine was that easy.</p>
<p>4 years math
4 years science
4 years english
4 years SS/History
1 year PE
1 year Fine arts
.5 year speech
.5 year health
10 semesters of elective credits 3 of which must be career/tech</p>
<p>I wish my school wasn’t as “lax” haha. Just so people would stop looking at me weird when Ill have 5 years worth of history and science by this year.</p>
<p>Most of those who actually care about going to college take a lot more than what<code>s required…lots of APs…we only have like 3 history APs (WHAP and APUSH…and Gov</code>t) and about 6 science ones and 3 or 4 math. So all us who are AP kids have like double the GPA of “normal” kids…rural area, and most are red-necks. I`d honestly say the average GPA at my school is like 2.8-3.0.</p>
<p>@AlexHarper
Yeah! When people ask me for my schedule, and they look at it, they think I am stupid for taking 4 sciences and 2 maths with no electives. haha :)</p>
<p>I don’t think there is anything wrong with taking electives if you actually have interest in them. However, most kids at my school take electives for easy As, schedule fillers, or to be with friends.</p>
<p>For me, they feel like a waste of time. Just because the electives I would take (health science II and theater II) I’m already active in. I am in the school musical, many other musicals and play instruments and train with voice lessons which is FAR MORE than what theater II will do for me in school. And with health science, I’d rather pay 150$ for a weekend seminar to be a CNA instead of spending a whole 2 years in class training for it. And I already shadow my mom who is a doctor.</p>
<p>Haha, ok, that’s cool. It’s just, I’ve been planning out junior/senior year, and I’m planning on taking three elective classes each year. I have serious interest in them though, and my other five classes (each year) will be APs, but I still kind of feel like it’s not enough, especially compared with all you crazy people on CC. I don’t think I’ll change my plans, but I still kind of worry about it, you know?</p>
<p>@AlexHarper…I always get the “look” on the “normal” kids face…they think a class that`s a year ahead of our grade is advanced, let alone AP.
@tiger15...I take Journalism and take it because I want to be a journalist...but in my media class last year, it was full of juniors and seniors taking the class because they needed a class like that to graduate. There were 4 of us (including me) who took it genuinely because we wanted to. Nothing wrong with that if youre taking a bunch of APs. For some, all APs work, for others, electives are helpful. Since I want to be a journalist, taking those classes will maximize my chances to be accepted to a good J-School...I can only take so many classes because I have a 4 class schedule each semester, and since APs are year-long classes...its tough choosing. Theres nothing related to journalism outside of school really, so while AlexHarpers schedule works out so she doesn`t need elective, people like you and me do. Just depends on the student.</p>
<p>@tiger15: I wouldn’t worry about it! Sometimes you really need that elective so you don’t fall apart taking all AP. Plus, most kids at my school take 0 AP and around 3 in all of high school for the “smart” kids.</p>
