Questions on my 4 year plan

Luxurious
Fri, 22 Jan 2016 06:54:15 +0000

I am currently a straight A freshmen and I’d love to go to some high tier UC like UC Berkeley, if I don’t make it then UC Davis is fine too because I live close to UC Davis. Is my 4 year plan rigorous enough for UC? And I’m not sure if I can handle them.

4 year plan:

Freshmen:

PE(required)
Jazz Dance 1
Spanish 1
Alg 2 H
Eng 9 H
Biology H
World geography regular (i didn’t know that if I take a dance class I can’t take honors geography and it was too late when I want to change it)

Sophomore:

PE (required)
Spanish 2
Chemistry (AP?)
Pre Cal H
Eng 10 H
World His AP
Psychology 1 & 2
Piano Lab (to fill in space, no more useful or interesting electives that I want)

Junior:
Spanish 3
Cal AB AP
Physics 1 AP
APUSH
Eng (AP?)
Psy AP
Stats AP
Apprentice dance company

Spanish AP
Cal BC AP
Physics 2 AP
Eng 12 (AP?)
Gov & Eco AP
Bio AP
Apprentice dance company

I’m not sure whether I should take Chem AP because in my school that’s the hardest AP class, only 9 people was in there last year and only 12 people are in there this year, and I heard it’s very hard to impossible to get and A, so I’m scared to take it because I’m not that good at science, I’m not bad at it but I’m not like very good. However, only 2 AP classes are offered for sophomore year and I don’t want to jump from 1 AP class to 5 AP classes next year if I don’t take AP Chem. Also, my counselor recommended me to take it because it’ll be useful for me since I want to be in the medical field and I’m pretty hardworking.

For math, would doubling on Cal AB AP and Stats AP be okay? Or should I not?

Also, I’m not sure if I should take Eng AP in junior and senior year because I feel like I’m taking way too many AP classes and English is one of my weaker subjects, but I’m planning to take the SAT II and AP exam on Chinese by self studying (I am fluent in Chinese), would colleges see this and think that I’m not good enough at English?

And my school is on a block schedule, so I would have 4 classes each term and I would have those classes again next next term. Would that make it easier to take more AP classes? Or it doesn’t really matter?

One last question, I’m planning to be in 3-4 clubs of thing that I like (not that time consuming), and in the apprentice dance company, is that good enough extra curricular? Or do I need to join some type of sport?

Thanks! Sorry I’m asking so much questions, I don’t know much but I really hope to get a good education