<p>@elefish92 please provide context of how rigorous it is to others in your school…
7.5-8/10 points off for alg 2 could be high, ap pysch which seems a bit fluffy to admin. Ad Chemistry honors maybe loses half a point cause you might have had a test out option.</p>
<p>@elefish92: 7.5/10. For a sophomore, that seems pretty good. Nothing shocks me as exemplary, but it’s not bad, either.</p>
<p>Here’s my senior schedule (2014-2015):
- AP English Language and Composition - I had planned to take AP Lang this year (2013-2014), but the teacher was dreadful, and I decided to take AP Lit instead. I’ll be taking AP Lang at home.
- AP Physics C - I’m actually taking “Calculus-based physics” at a community college. It should be fairly intense, as community college classes go.
- Social Psychology - Also dual enrollment. I am taking the AP Psychology exam this year, even though the course is not listed on my transcript.
- Algorithms - Taken at home. Again, I took the AP CompSci exam this year, but the course was not listed on my transcript. I’ll be using MIT’s CLRS as a textbook, and I’ll supplement my learning with USACO and TopCoder competitions.
- Graph Theory and Combinatorics - This year, I completed multivariable calculus and linear algebra. Differential equations or abstract algebra would be the “logical next step,” but I decided to take an interesting course from MIT OCW instead.
- WOOT - “Worldwide Online Olympiad Training” for the USAMO. I’ll be taking this course on AoPS, a website for advanced mathematics students. (I took the class last year as well, but topics alternate every three years, and students are encouraged to take multiple versions of the class.)
- AP Studio Art: 2-D Design - Taken at home. I’ll be filling my portfolio with photography and graphic design projects. The latter category will have a strong emphasis on typography.</p>
<p>I took 10 classes/semester last year, but this year I’m taking a lighter load to focus more on my extra-curriculars. Over the summer, I am going to complete The Odin Project curriculum, and I’ll begin my career as a full-stack web developer in September. I’m also planning to spend a significant amount of time preparing for the USAMO and the USACO. Finally, I will continue my numerous chess extra-curriculars: playing in tournaments, volunteering at chess camps and the local rescue mission, and teaching at local elementary schools.</p>
<p>FYI, I’m home-schooled.</p>
<p>@awakeningvenus
Some AP Classes have Pre-req’s. Music Theory does, obviously.
The other AP’s such as Stats or Econ simply require a grade of B+ or better in Algebra II, and History respectively.</p>
<p>9/10, make sure you make all those EC’s happen, laziness can really screw you over sometimes, good luck!</p>
<p>Sophomore:</p>
<p>AP Stats OR Pre-Calc H (which one should I take?)
AM/(my state) History Honors (APUSH equivalent, WILL TAKE EXAM)
AP Gov (sem.)
AP Econ (sem.)
AP Biology
English II Honors Pre-IB
IB Spanish SL (Spanish 4 H equivalent, IB classes are normally only for juniors, so they made me take SL)</p>
<p>EC’s:</p>
<p>Debate Treasurer
Math Olympiad President
Science Olympiad - 2nd in state
DECA
Newspaper
JV Soccer
NHS
SNHS</p>
<p>9.5/10
You should take AP Stat, one of my friends is taking it (as a freshman) and says that it’s pretty easy. The rest of your schedule looks good though…lots of quality ECs.</p>
<p>Freshman:
Honors English 9
Advanced Chemistry (Pre-AP)
Honors Algebra II/Trig
Orchestra
P.E/Health
Spanish III
Global History I (Required) </p>
<p>Sophomore:
Honors English 10
AP Chemistry
AP European History
Honors Pre-Calculus
Molecular Biology
Spanish IV (Maybe AP Spanish Lang)
Chamber Orchestra
Statistics (Required…Not AP)</p>
<p>Self Study- AP Human and AP Environmental Science</p>
<p>Junior:
AP English Language
AP Biology
AP Calculus AB
AP Physics 1
AP U.S History
Information Technology I (Sem) (Required)
Information Technology II (Sem) (Required)
Chamber Orchestra
AP Spanish Language ( or Literature)</p>
<p>Senior:
AP English Literature
AP U.S Government
Human Anatomy (Weighted)
Meteorology (Weighted)
Multivariable Calculus
Chamber Orchestra
AP Psychology
AP Art History</p>
<p>@violinvirtuoso3: Here’s my breakdown of your four-year schedule, by subject:</p>
<ol>
<li><p>ENGLISH (English 9 - English 10 - AP English Language - AP English Literature): This looks good, and is a somewhat standard track. 9/10.</p></li>
<li><p>SCIENCES (Pre-AP Chemistry - AP Chemistry/Molecular Biology - AP Biology/AP Physics 1 - Meteorology/Human Anatomy): You’ve got all your bases covered here, with a little extra. I might mix things up a little, though: taking human anatomy before AP Biology might be beneficial to you. Meteorology sounds really cool, and makes your transcript interesting. 9.5/10.</p></li>
<li><p>MATHEMATICS (Algebra II - Pre-calculus/Statistics - AP Calculus AB - Multivariable Calculus): Looking good, but I’d suggest taking AP Calculus BC before multivariable if at all possible. Also, multivariable calculus is really a one-semester course; could you add linear algebra or differential equations? 9/10.</p></li>
<li><p>FOREIGN LANGUAGE (Spanish III - Spanish IV - AP Spanish - None): Great job. Adding post-AP Spanish would get you a perfect ten, but a good AP test score and some extra-curriculars could easily make up for it. 8.5/10.</p></li>
<li><p>SOCIAL STUDIES (Global History I - AP European History - AP US History - AP US Government/AP Psychology): Ambitious, aren’t you? This looks great. 10/10.</p></li>
<li><p>MUSIC and ARTS (Orchestra - Chamber Orchestra - Chamber Orchestra - Chamber Orchestra/AP Art History): I don’t have much experience with high-school orchestra, but this looks promising. Since you obviously have a fondness for music, I would consider AP Music Theory in place of AP Art History. Also, be sure to work on music extra-curriculars. 8.5/10.</p></li>
<li><p>OTHER COURSES (P.E./Health - AP Human Geography/AP Environmental Science - Information Technology - None): I’m going to guess you’re taking AP EnvSci because you heard it was really easy. Well, be forewarned: it’s not. Over 50% of people got a 1 or a 2 last year (Source: <a href=“2012 AP Exam Score Distributions”>2012 AP Exam Score Distributions). Instead, I’d recommend self-studying AP Statistics. You said yourself that it was easy, and you’re already taking statistics your sophomore year. 7/10. </p></li>
</ol>
<p>Total score: 8.8/10.</p>
<p>Comments: Your schedule is impressive. You seem very well-rounded, so you should try to develop your interests through extra-curriculars. Don’t become so bogged down by AP courses that you forget to follow your passions. If this means studying music instead of AP U.S. Government, so be it. Colleges want passionate people.</p>
<h2>EDIT: I’m a tough grader. In retrospect, I think your schedule probably deserves a 9.25/10. The only thing missing is a strong focus.</h2>
<p>I’ve already posted my senior schedule here, so I’ll just ask the next person to comment in my thread:
<a href=“Rate My Schedule - High School Life - College Confidential Forums”>Rate My Schedule - High School Life - College Confidential Forums;
<p>Senior:
AP Economics (Micro and Macro)
AP English Lit
AP Calculus BC
AP Physics C
AP Biology (Rethinking)
AP Comp Science
Off-period or AP World (Prob off-period since I need to work on apps)</p>
<p>I plan to major in engineering or business, so I don’t know if I want to do AP Bio (I suck at Bio-- B+ in freshman year in Honors Bio)</p>
<p>Junior: APUSH, AP Chem, AP Stats (SS), AP Psych (SS), Honors Pre-Calc, Honors English, AP Physics 1, Graphic Design, Human Behaviour (Psych), and Honors Spanish 4</p>
<p>@awakeningvenus Well, we actually have 7 classes that we can take at most, I have 7 this year, but the other class is non-academic, which is Cross Country/Track & Field which doesn’t really count…we also have everyday schedule, no block. </p>
<p>@wcao9311 We don’t have test out options sadly.</p>
<p>@Hawkace Junior: 10/10 (Even without AP English Language, you showed a strong strength in all core courses. Great showing of classes especially for your projected majors)
Senior: 9.5/10 (AP Calculus BC, AP Physics C, & AP English Literature, carries your schedule and your projected majors, a slight decrease in rigor compared to Junior year, but still extremely rigorous.)</p>
<p>As for AP Biology, in your shoes, I would not take it since you have an idea of what you will major in, and those majors - don’t have anything to do with AP Biology, unless if for Engineering you tend to engineer in a Life Science area, but you could deal with that in college. Its senior year, and you still want rigor but take courses that you will enjoy one last time before graduation and pass it with a breeze. AP World History greatly has to do with Business, I honestly suggest to take that over AP Biology, despite of more colleges rejecting credit acceptance for AP World History compared to AP Biology. I’m just a sophomore right now with the course and I have to say it is pretty easy, just loads of reading.</p>
<p>Freshman: Biology Accelerated
English I Accelerated
Geometry Accelerated
Spanish II
Drawing & Painting I</p>
<p>(Yeah yeah pretty weak but I just want to see what the next person says. I was qualified for AP Human Geography but they messed up a lot of schedules that year for some reason).</p>
<p>Sophomore</p>
<p>1- AP Physics 1
2- AP Euro
3- Honors Language
4- Spanish 3/4
5- Anatomy and Physiology
6- Pre-Calculus</p>
<p>8.5/10 your two AP classes carry the weight since they’re both pretty hard but you could do with more Honors courses</p>
<p>Sophomore: (currently)</p>
<p>AP Calc BC
AP Physics C: Mechanics
Honors English
Honors Biology
Honors French 4
Gym (required)
World Cultures (required)</p>
<p>Junior: </p>
<p>AP US History
AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
AP Environmental Geoscience
AP French 5
AP Statistics
Honors American Literature
Lunch Orchestra</p>
<p>@jamanda defiantly a 9.8 I’m assuming you’re planning on going to great schools schools and those classes are fantastic for any school!!
Senior-
Ap euro
Ap english lit
Ap statistics
Econ (required)/ Analytical chem
Gym/ health (required:/)
Newspaper
I want to go into english so that’s why I took extra english/history as opposed to an ap chem </p>
<p>9.5/10</p>
<p>Current Year Schedule (Sophomore):</p>
<p>US History and Government Honors (not taking AP until next year because my school said I’m already a year ahead)
English 11 Honors
Trigonometry Honors
Chemistry Honors
Spanish IV Honors</p>
<p>I’m also taking some required courses as well such as a music class, a health class, etc.</p>
<p>Next year’s schedule (Junior) :</p>
<p>AP US History
AP Spanish Language and Culture
AP Statistics (doubling up! 
)
English 12 Honors (could not be placed in AP because I won’t be a senior)
College Algebra/ Calculus Honors
Physics Honors</p>
<p>Should I self-study some APs or something? I’m technically taking more than is possible at my school though…</p>
<p>I’d say 9 for junior year</p>
<p>Junior Year:
-APUSH
-Honors Algebra II
-Honors Accounting
-Chemistry
-Honors Italian IV
-Honors English
-Gym (req.)
-Honors Civics and Gov.</p>
<p>@reb1rr I’d give it a 7 or 8, it’s pretty good other than those required classes of course :P</p>
<p>Sophomore:
Foundations of Robotics (All we did was program simple Lego NXT for certain tasks, was an okay class)
Aerospace Science (AFJROTC, was planning on doing 3 years but decided against it)
Algebra 2 Honors
English 2 Honors
Physics 2 Honors (Engineering class, by far my favorite class ever! Although I don’t think this field is for me, considering I’m god awful at math)
AP US History (Best teacher ever)
Biology Honors</p>
<p>Junior:
Chemistry Honors
Drawing 1 (Required for an Art Credit)
AP Language and Composition (Eng comp)
AP Psychology (I’m thinking of majoring in Psych.)
Pre-Calculus Honors (This class is the death of me…)
French 1
Physics 1 Honors (This woman can teach!)</p>
<p>My un-weighted is under a 3.5 which really upsets me and a lot of colleges recalculate GPAs using only Core Academic Classes which will probably lower it significantly 
However, my weighted is a 4.5 which is decent, not the 5.0+ that the top percentile gets but I’m somehow still ranked 15 in my class of 617 (I’m probably going to get pushed up due to the fact that I got a D in Pre-Calculus last quarter and a lot of kids are dual enrolling .-.) </p>
<p>Some schools I’ve been keeping an eye on: Boston Uni (I’m probably over shooting it) University of Florida (Cousin attends here!) University of Southern Florida (Seems like a pretty good school) My absolute last resort is University of Central Florida (A large portion of the students from my school will end up going here, just because we’re all pretty close, we’re both Knights, and some big events like graduation are held there.) There is also a high possibility that I will do 2 years at Valencia College and transfer to a better known University (some listed above.) I also played JV Lacrosse my sophomore year, but ended up quitting my Junior year (pre-season). I am absolutely terrified about getting into a good college and I can’t help but worry. </p>
<p>How am I looking? I’ve gotten a 23 on the ACT for my first time without studying and plan on studying for the next ACT/ First SAT.</p>
<p>Also: I’m mortified at this wall of text I just typed. Sorry for the rant…</p>
<p>@asianamericanguy It’s not a bad schedule, 8.5/10. Were these past schedules? If so, what are you considering taking next year? I think you have a fair chance at UF, and bro, I’m planning to go there too. (Still a sophomore though.) How do people get 5.0+? I think that a 4.5 is pretty darn good, or at least good enough to get you into some of the schools you listed. I think it’s awesome that you’re planning to major in psychology! I did a science fair project in behavioral science last year, and you should really consider doing it since it could give you experience with that type of research.</p>
<p>Sophomore (Current): I got all A’s first semester, and /hopefully/ will this semester.
- AP World History
- AP Biology
- DE Network Concepts/Maintenance and SUpport
- Honors Chemistry
- Honors English 2
- Honors Pre-Calculus
- (Honors) Yearbook - I’m just going to put this out here; I did not sign up for this. </p>
<p>Junior (What I Signed Up to Take)
- AP US History
- AP Chemistry (Might replace with AP Physics 1 - should I?)
- AP Computer Science
- AP Language and Composition
- AP Calculus AB
- Honors Spanish 3
- Honors Experimental Science (If it isn’t offered, maybe DE Net 1/Net 2, or C# Programming)</p>
<p>Senior (Projected)
- AP Physics 1 (Or AP Physics 2 if I take 1 in Junior year.)
- AP Calculus BC
- AP Literature
- AP GoPo/AP Macroeconomics
- AP Environmental Science
- DE Net 3/Net4 if I took 1+2 Junior year, or DE Net 1/Net 2 if I didn’t
- Honors Experimental Science (If it isn’t offered, Spanish 4)</p>
<p>Okay, I’m planning on going into biological research, which is why I feel half obligated to take AP Chemistry. If it doesn’t fit in with my schedule, or if it’s too hard, I’ll just take Physics 1 in it’s place. Also, the reason I have experimental science on there multiple times is because if it’s offered, it’ll be focusing on science fair, and it’ll help provide me with resources. And the Dual Enrollments on there are tech courses offered at my school’s campus because of connections with the community college nearby.</p>
<p>Junior: 9.5
Senior: 8.5</p>
<p>Junior:
AP Stats (SS)
AP Psych (SS)
APUSH
AP Chem
Honors English (Regret that I didn’t take AP)
Honors Physics (AP Physics 1)
Honors Pre-Calc
Human Behavior/Graphic Design
Honors Spanish 4</p>
<p>Senior:
AP Calc BC
AP Physics C
AP Econ (Both)
AP Comp Science
AP Lit
AP Bio (Wavering)
AP World or Off (Haven’t decided)</p>
<p>Applying to heavily competitive colleges for business or engineering (Not Biological). Should I take AP Bio?</p>
<p>@Hawkace - You’re schedule looks like my personal hell. I’d say yes to AP Bio, no to AP World. Take a study hall.</p>
<p>Sophomore:</p>
<p>AP Stats
Pre-IB AM/__ History Honors (APUSH EQUIVALENT, will take exam)
Pre-Calc H
AP Bio
IB Spanish SL (IB classes usually only for juniors and seniors)
Pre-IB English II Honors
AP Psych (self-study)
AP Calc BC (self-study)</p>
<p>So, 5 AP’s with self studies, 3 without. I currently have a 4.0 UW and a 4.7 W, on track to be Val.</p>
<p>@apandia It’s def not a good idea to self-study for BC Calc before junior year. Wait one more year. Trust me. Self Study Stats. It’s not that hard but is appealing to colleges. </p>
<p>@apandia
Don’t go overboard with self studying Calc BC, like what Hawkace said. If you really want it, I’d say ask to be moved into AB. 9/10</p>
<p>Didn’t get any opinions on it last time, and deadline’s approaching, sooooo</p>
<p>Senior:
AP Calc BC
AP Physics
AP English Lit
AP CompSci
Engineering 3-4
U.S. Government/Economics (school mandates we take non AP version)</p>
<p>Self studying AP Euro (history buff) and AP USGov. Might take AP Micro/Macro depending on Economic curriculum.</p>
<p>(Junior year, by comparison, was AP Stats, AP Calc AB, APUSH, AP Eng. Lang, Culinary 1-2, and Spanish 3-4)</p>
<p>@awakeningvenus Your schedule is top notch! I’m feeling a bit better now, thanks. Maybe we could meet up if we both make it :)</p>
<p>@Buggie111 9/10 Definitely a challenging schedule, I’m sure you have a great chance of getting accepted to the majority of colleges. I would be struggling to balance my time with your schedule.</p>