Next year I’ll be taking:
AP Chemistry (People say this is challenging, so I plan on studying for it as soon as possible.)
AP English Language and Composition (Yay! I’ve been looking forward to this AP since middle school.)
AP U.S. History (U.S. history is my favorite topic of history, so I’m interested in this class.)
AP Psychology (I’m not too excited for this class, but I’m sure the learning material will be somewhat interesting.)
Honors Pre-Calculus (Meh, I wish I was in a more advanced math class, but I heard the Pre-Cal teachers are cool…)
Honors English 11 (Yep, we still have to take that even if we take AP Lang…)
Japanese 3 (Ah, I love Japanese! I might take AP Japanese the following year if I do well in Japanese 3.)
If I feel happy after I receive my AP World History score in July, I might self-study AP European History.
@Greninja Nice schedule. I have heard that AP Psych is really interesting and kind of easy, but my school doesn’t have it unfortunately. That’s pretty cool that you’re taking Japanese. I wish my school had more language options.
Here is my schedule:
AP English Lang
AP Calc AB
AP Bio
PLTW Medical Interventions
PLTW Human Body Systems
Spanish 4
Academic World History
I couldn’t take AP World because it’s a new course at my school, the teacher’s not very good, and I do a ton of sports and ecs
@dsi411 We have similar courses! Let’s keep in touch ^^
IB HL Lit
IB HL Geography
IB HL History (As for APUSH, I already took it)
IB SL Spanish
IB SL Math
IB SL Biology
@bbbaaa784 I know, right? It’s really strange and it bothers me because it ends up discouraging students to take AP Lang, since it’s regarded as an elective.
@greeneggandham89 You’ll enjoy world history nevertheless! It’s extremely interesting, especially when you learn about the French Revolution and World War II.
I mean its not the only thing I’m doing. I’m also working full time and taking Algebra 2 over the summer. I just thought that taking a night class at my local community college (I’d do it at the closest university but I don’t think they allow that for hs students) might be a good way to expose myself to the course rigor of a college class,as well as challenging me on another level. I’m thinking of doing a microbiology class . Only problem is I’m not sure if I meet all the prerequisites: I think AP Bio (which I’m sure to pass) counts as General Biology 1, and that I will be able to test out of the math prerequisite, which looks like really elementary math- the most advanced thing on the syllabus was the quadratic equation.
Reflecting back on the year, what were you guys’ top 3 classes?
Mine were:
Anatomy and Physiology (it was soooo interesting and had an awesome teacher)( what I found funny was that it was only non-honors or non-ap class, and yet I learned more than any other course )
AP World History (I loved learning of why everything happens for a reason)
Calc A honors ( primarily liked it because it was an easy class ( got over 100%!!))
@bbbaaa784 I took Psych at the community college last summer, and it was a great course + it was super-easy! Go on RateMyProfessors to check out the professor whose course you’re going to be taking, but don’t take all ratings–particularly those for difficulty, since many reviews are written by people who aren’t the brightest (although some are). It can be awkward being that one high school student in the class, but it’s not bad.
AP Biology(it was really interesting and I especially loved all the labs- bacterial transformation is really fun!)
US History 1 Honors- (We went really slow and really analyzed the causes of each of the major events, rather than just detail the events like a lot of history classes)
Computer Programming 1 (I learned so much about Javascript and there’s a certain satisfaction when you finally get a program to work perfectly).
@topaz1116 good idea,thank you! I just looked him up and I found comments saying he was the "jewel of ( name of community college), that he had a great sense of humor, and he had an average score of 4.8/5!!
My top class was
APES: it was such a thought provoking and inspiring class, I learned the most I’ve ever learned in any class in my whole life, and I inspired my father to landscape and conserve water.
This is probably my only top class, the rest were generic and boring. Easy A’s.
My schedule next year is
AP English Lang (one of the hardest courses in my school, the summer homework is difficult)
APUSH (easy, hopefully I get the really easy teacher though, I don’t think I’ll take the AP test, It won’t give me anything)
AP Physics (difficult, but the teacher can go both ways, some say she’s good, others say they learned nothing)
Precal/AP Calc (depends on teacher, usually easy)
AP Comp Sci (really bad teacher but it’s probably an easy A since she doesn’t do anything. Definitely won’t take the test, my mom is making me take the class)
Honors Chem (there are 4 teachers at my school, I get one of 3-- two are good and one is atrocious. I’m praying I get one of the two.)
Yoga (physical Ed req…yuck)
I’m also doing a psychology course at the CC. My friend took it and said it was easy and she learned a lot!
English 10 Honors: The teacher was amazing, the books we read were enticing (Great Gatsby, Dracula, Night, etc.), and I got used to talking in front of the class because of all the oral presentations and Socratic Seminars we had to do.
Spanish 3: Even though the teacher hates my class, I loved it because all we do is talk in that class (in English) and I love the people in it. It made me laugh countless times and we did so many creative skits to present to the class (these were in Spanish, har har).
IB Chemistry 1: This class was surprisingly simple, and again, I enjoyed the people in it. The teacher was sassy in the most hilarious way, and we did many interesting labs. And it opened my eyes to a science that I actually enjoy (hate Biology and Physics) so that's a plus! And I got to attend the Regional Science Fair because of this class!
. Only problem is I’m not sure if I meet all the prerequisites: I think AP Bio (which I’m sure to pass) counts as General Biology 1, and that I will be able to test out of the math prerequisite, which looks like really elementary math- the most advanced thing on the syllabus was the quadratic equation.