How hard should I schedule my senior year whenever I haven't taken a single Honors class?

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<p>I’m a junior, and my freshmen year I got around a 2.3 gpa (I was apathetic and depressed up to sophmore year and had heavy-scheduled sports like football and wrestling and I also did track). Sophmore year was better, it was around a 2.5-2.7 gpa (only did track), and the first semester of this year was nearing a 4.0 GPA (got one B barely, and I quit all sports). I definitely won’t have a chance at becoming an honors graduate, but I am interested in taking some honors classes to go more in depth in some of the subjects and to help prepare me for college. Here’s the list of what I’m scheduling:</p>

<p>Core classes:
English IV (I am qualified for honors english, but I don’t know if it’s worth it)
Calculus (Regular or Honors)~ What I am taking right now is Precalculus, which is almost like Algebra II honors. My friend told me that in order to do well in Calculus Honors, it would’ve been best to take PreCal Honors, whenever I am in regular PreCal.
Physics (H)~ I plan on becoming a physicist, so I think Phys Honors is a must.
Western Civ, AP World History, or AP European History~
~ I do not know how hard these history classes are, so I am unsure what to pick.</p>

<p>Then Electives:
Religion IV~ Philosophy of Religion (1/2 semester) and Ecunemical and Interreligious Issues (1/2 semester)
Computer Science I & II~ (Both 1/2 semesters=1 credit)
AP Statistics~ I think it would benefit me in physics because it 1) There’s a branch of physics deals with statistics 2) It will improve my mathematics.</p>

<p>Should I do honors Calculus, an AP history class, and how hard would my schedule be if I did? What do you think my schedule should be because I never taken an AP or honors class.</p>

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<p>I’m a junior and have taken all honors classes, and currently take 4 AP classes and 2 required honors classes, and I can say that the transition and adaptation to AP rigor even from honors is really tough. However, you can do well if you put lots of time and effort into studying. No offense, but I think you shot yourself in the foot freshman and sophomore year, but it’s fixable if you can prove that you excelled in these AP courses. </p>

<p>Now for the courses, AP Euro and AP World are definitely tough courses and hard tests; lots of memorization and you have to be a pretty good writer. </p>

<p>If you want to major in physics, I would honestly say to take AP, but I don’t think you can qualify if you haven’t taken a high school level course, so stick with honors. Honors physics generally does not cover calculus based physics, at least it doesn’t in my school. This means you could take regular calc, but being a physicist requires a pretty good knowledge of calc, so take honors. Lastly, your thinking of stats is wrong. Generally, physics has very little to do with the stats covered in AP. AP Stats has to do a lot with probability, normal curves, z-scores, experimental design (not in the scientific sense necessarily), regression, etc. </p>

<p>In summary, the transition to honors and AP will be tough. Expect to earn grades that won’t be on par with those of people who have been in those types of courses for some time. Eventually, with hard work and natural adjustment, you will find some of these courses a little more easier. Just remember, AP courses are designed to mimic college classes (this is really subjective). </p>