New School Scheduling Help

Pre-College Topics High School Life
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I went into my freshman year of high school in the Early College program (in which I would complete my HS credits during freshman and sophomore year, then enroll full time at my local community college to receive my AA degree upon HS graduation). Unfortunately, my family just moved to the opposite end of the country, and my new school does not offer any program similar to Early College. I’m just not sure what to do now, as I was looking forward to getting a head start on my college career.

My freshman schedule consisted of (all honors) English, algebra 2, U.S. government, Spanish 2, band, HOPE (a health and PE course), a college “freshman experience” course, and biology. Currently, I have 7 credits (I believe). How can I design my upcoming sophomore schedule so that I can continue an accelerated high school and college career?

AP courses are an option, however I’m a little intimidated. Also, the AP courses offered at my school are limited to calculus AB, calculus BC, chemistry, and physics. Please help, I haven’t the slightest idea as to what I should be taking. I crumble under pressure ._.

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Ask if you can take honors, summer and/or online classes. This way you can free up space for AP and DE classes junior and senior year.

For AP Calc, your path would be
Algebra 2 -> Honors Trig and/or PreCalc (does it include Trig @ your school?) and/or Analytical Geometry -> AB Calc -> BC Calc

You can go straight to BC if your new school allows it, or take AB first if you feel you might be overwhelmed…

For AP Chem and Physics ©, you will need to take CP/Academic or Honors chem and physics, respectively. Physics C requires taking AP Calc (AB or BC, though BC may be easier since some concepts in physics may be taught before one learns how to do it in AB) as a pre or co requisite. For physics 1 and 2, you generally don’t need anything more than Algebra 2 since they’re trig/algebra based, while C is calc based.

You can also self study APs and take the test if you prefer. It’s generally not recommended but if your school doesn’t offer much it may be a good way to get some college credit (it may or may not be transferable though- it depend on the colleges you will apply to and your major).