@timeagain1, you got all of your core classes and a great elective, if you can handle this academically - it looks great! What does your counselor and teachers say? Is it a recommended/approved path for you? What do your parents say? Do they or you have any concerns? Is this selection reflecting your choice or general direction of study/major?
Verify with your guidance counselor that you are on track to meet all state graduation requirements. If you are, your schedule looks great.
On the other hand, if your state requires fine arts, computer science, health, …, you want to verify that you will be able to take the required course(s) senior year and still have a good schedule. For example, you do not want to be shut out of AP Calculus because both it and health are single section courses offered the same block.
@RussianMom My counselors looked it over during our visit during English class a couple of weeks ago and he approved it, I don’t really talk to my teachers too much or participate in class, only when I need to. My parents say they support whatever I choose so they don’t pressure me about it. I actually don’t know what I want to do post highschool, that’s probably my only concern other than getting good grades
@tsbna44 I’m doing ok in school, this is going to be my first year doing an AP class, in fact, I was scheduled to be in AP Bio this year but too many people were in the class and they needed to kick a few kids out, which unfortunatly they prioritized sophomores first, so I got kicked out. I’m also thinking of taking a DE Art class to fill the requirement probably after school hours.
@ucbalumnus Int Math II Honors or Math III is the prerequisite for pre-calculus.
@Aejmom Thanks for the suggestion, I have all the requirements except art which I plan to either take senior year or as an after-school class.
I think it mostly had to do with a bit of social anxiety at school which is kinda hurting my grades. But I’m willing to push past that and work hard to maintain good grades, mostly for myself and my family, being the first to go to college so I want to make them proud, whatever it takes.
Based on the name of this forum, it is probably safe to assume you plan on going to college to continue your education.
You might reconsider the level of your participation in class and level of engagement with your peers and teachers. Introverts or extroverts, and everyone is different, I get it, but three people from your school will be writing a letter of recommendation for you. They will be making an effort to write it. You should make an effort to build relationships with them; genuine, meaningful (to you and them) connections.
Yes that is the plan sorry to confuse everyone on my recent post. I do want to go to college as do my parents and thanks for the recommendations, it will be hard but I will try my best, thanks.
@tsbna44 I understand. Even though they don’t say it, my parents are counting on me to go to a good university and to become successful when they couldn’t. Seeing their disappointed faces would just kill me (not literally lol), but more importantly for myself. I think I would know if a class would be too hard for me, if that happens (which may be the case for the history class), I would switch to regular. Thanks for the advice.
Looks great. Truly a great spread of classes, and rigorus at the same time. If you don’t mind me asking, what are your grades so far? All A’s or any B’s?
Additionally (personal choice), I would highly recommend AB/BC over Precalc. If you aren’t going for math/engineering/physical science in the future, AB. If some kind of degree needing math, BC. If your school allows it, of course. Based on what I’ve seen, Calculus is hundreds of times better for college, not just because you can get credit pretty much anywhere (precalc normally doesn’t), but also because AOs have consistently said that calculus is one of the best things a student can have on their application. It is even on Harvard’s website:
Also, regardless of the classes you end up taking, make sure to build personal connections with all your teachers and scope out who you think may be good for your LORs. Show an interest in their class, attend office hours if they have any, etc. Best of luck!
Hope this helps! Reply if you have any questions.
Precalculus after IM2H is already a stretch (implies that the IM1H-IM2H sequence is accelerated to eliminate the need for IM3 before precalculus), so jumping directly into calculus without precalculus is not a good idea. The OP can take precalculus in 11th grade and calculus in 12th grade.
I have a 3.31 GPA right now (weighted) and a 3(unweighted). As @ucbalumnus has implied, all the material is covered in my IM2H class, it covers all of math II and III, which is the prerequisite. I have AP Calc BC planned for senior year. Thanks.
You can try and you will go to college but likely not a top shelf name. A great make but I don’t think you need to over pressure yourself.
I can’t speak for your school but at most schools, a 3.0 is below average. But still college worthy !! It could be so many APs drives your gpa down even more. It will harder than when you got your 3.0.
