<p>Junior:
AP Chemistry
AP USHistory
AP Physics 1
AP Macro (First Semester, normally only taken by seniors at my school)
AP Gov (Second Semester, normally only taken by seniors at my school)
AP Lang
AP Calc BC
Spanish 2 (Online)</p>
<p>Junior-Senior Summer:
AP Microeconomics</p>
<p>Senior (Projected):
AP Biology
AP Statistics
AP Computer Science
AP Physics 2
AP Lit
AP Art History
Spanish 3 (online)</p>
<p>@NIHHIHH
I actually had issues with my language classes, haha. I took Spanish 1 in 8th grade and Spanish 2 as a Freshman, but because my school is so small, I haven’t been able to make Spanish 3 work into my schedule for two years. At this point it would be hard to pick up Spanish 3 because it has been so long. Luckily I started taking Latin 1 Sophomore year so my plan is to continue that for the rest of high school. Do you think it’ll be weird to have two years of Spanish and three of Latin? </p>
<p>For AP Biology, I hadn’t done as well as I hoped. I still passed with a three, which I’m happy about. It was still pretty disappointing considering that I’m planning to go into biomedical research when I’m older. The test wasn’t too bad, but I have the tendency to flip out when taking big tests. Lol, my teacher hadn’t had enough time to cover the immune system in class, and like the genius I am, I hadn’t looked into it on my own. Was NOT a good idea. How did you do? </p>
<p>Also, 10/10 Ohmygosh. First off, I can’t help but feel super jealous about those STEM Bio classes. I would kill to take classes like those. Ahhhh. So lucky. I have to satisfy my biological interest reading papers I find NCBI. Before I go off on a tangent, I also think it’s really awesome that you’re taking so many AP classes. I don’t think I could handle it, haha. How is AP Chemistry going for you? I actually really like it. </p>
<p>9/10! Wow. My school only allows 6 classes a semester, and no more than 4 APs, and no honors courses.
Junior year:
Jazz ensemble
French 4
AP USH
AP Lang
AP Calc BC
AP Chem</p>
<p>Senior year:
Advanced orchestra
Jazz ensemble
AP Gov(fall)
AP Macro(spring)
AP Lit
AP Physics C
Linear algebra/differential equations (dual enrollment)</p>
<p>@ awakeningvenus
Hi! thank you for responding. And yeah I can’t imagine colleges seeing a problem with that as you did show you commitment to one language for three years and another for two. If you feel it is necessary you could discuss that situation in the additional information section of the common app to colleges. By the way, Latin is a great second language to take as it can help you with SAT vocabulary from the roots and prefixes that you study.</p>
<p>I had the same thing happen to me in AP Biology. I did so well in the class, but somehow only got a three on the exam; however, for the schools I want to go to they will still give me credit. Did you think the exam was very logic/application based instead of information based because I personally felt I could of got that same score without taking the class? And try time management to help you out with freaking out with test as that will keep you from getting frustrated when you test. By the way, I had a deplorable teacher because when I was taking the exam I didn’t even know there were grid-in questions, so I feel like that was what stopped me from getting a 4. </p>
<p>Thanks for the compliment to my schedule by the way. I sometimes think it is a bad one when I compare to other people on the site. And I jealous of you being able to take all of those advanced level mathematics courses. The highest level of math one can take is AP Calculus AB, period! To combat this I plan on self-studying the BC material and hope for the best. And chemistry so far is manageable, but tedious because my teacher believes practice makes perfect and that is literally what we do all day in there. But AP chemistry is really nice for me because I am the only senior in a class of sophomores, so sometimes my teacher lets me take the led on some lessons. Also, do you plan in majoring in biology or biomedical engineering?</p>
<p>@awakeningvenus APUSH is the only AP offered for sophomores. Everything else has pre-resquistes or you MUST be a junior or senior. Believe me, I tried my best to jump around classes. The luckiest thing I got was the math and science thing. And I really hope I get accepted into the school! Hopefully the intensity of my schedule makes up for the one B+ I got in Honors English. The intensity won’t be bad if I have to stay at my current high school, at least, I hope so</p>
<p>@NIHHIHH I felt that it was pretty logic-based too. There wasn’t too much content-driven material. It also made me feel really unsure about my answers when I was taking the test. I think College Board is trying to make students apply the material practically rather than spurt out content. Which makes sense, haha, but I probably would’ve done better if it weren’t that way. I did pretty well in the class too. </p>
<p>With math, I actually might have to take Calculus BC online next year. :’( See, the teacher that teaches AB and BC at my school kind of disappeared because of personal reasons. So this year I have to take Honors and my sister (she’s an engineering major that got a 4 on AB and 5 on BC) is going to tutor me for the AB exam. I have no idea how this is going to go. Hopefully the teacher is back by next year though.</p>
<p>I’m enjoying Chemistry, but my teacher has the tendency to jump around a lot, and not follow the book so closely. I guess that’s fine as long as I learn the material. Our class only has eight people; five juniors, two sophomores, and a senior. It’s a really nice learning environment because it’s so small.</p>
<p>I really want to go into molecular biology research. The fundamental processes of life intrigue me to the point where I could go off on a rant about micro-RNA. The closes major the nearby university has is biomedical science, and I honestly think it would be awesome to go into. Not engineering, but research.Though biomedical engineering would definitely be a consideration as well. What are you planning on majoring in? Ahhh I feel like we could talk so much about biology and STEM in general. We should PM. :)</p>
<p>@livelaugh7 Aw, that’s too bad. I never understood why schools make restrictions like that; it’s frustrating. I feel like a school with a concentration in math and science would be so cool! STEM is love, STEM is life. <3 I go to a technology magnet high school, which is pretty great. Schools with programs generally give a lot more opportunities to the students. If you do get in, make sure to take advantage of what’s available to you! I wouldn’t worry too much about one B+. Good luck!!</p>
<p>@awakeningvenus Yeah it sucks. There are so many requirements for everything its sorta annoying. STEM IS life <3. I hope I get into the school. They accept 50 students and almost 120 apply. So… Senior year you take college classes in a college. It’s pretty awesome.</p>
<p>@livelaugh7 Ooooh. I think it’s awesome that Dual Enrollment programs like that are becoming available to high school students. My high school is actually starting a program with about twenty students in my class where they’re actually able to graduate high school with a two-year associates degree by taking online General Education and elective classes with the nearby state college. Personally, I prefer to take AP classes (-sobs through the rigorous course loud-), but it’s still such an amazing opportunity. I believe in you! It sounds like it’s a tough program to get into. </p>
<p>@awakeningvenus Its anywhere from a 50% to a 40% acceptance rate. And thank you! I’ve been planning on attending this school since 7th grade. It not really a dual enrollment school. You take a very rigorous junior year and senior year you actually ATTEND the accredited college. You earn college credit so if you attend that college, you graduate in a year less. </p>
<p>(JUNIOR)
Spanish 3
AP Chem
AP Psych
Honors English 11
Lunch
Honors Precalc
Study Hall
Religion 11 (Morality & Social Justice)</p>
<p>(SENIOR- projected)
AP US Gov
AP English Lit
Honors Stats or Honors Calc (undecided)
Honors Physics or Honors Spanish 4 (undecided)
Lunch
Religion 12 (World Religions/Christian Lifestyles)
Print Media 1 & 2
Study Hall</p>
<p>Go for Honors Calc (AP if you can) and if you haven’t taken physics yet, go for physic. If you have, then pick the one you feel would help you and you would like the best.</p>
<p>I’d have to go through Honors Calc to get to AP Calc BC, and I haven’t heard too many good things about Honors Calc from the kids taking it. I feel like physics would be good, but Spanish would align closer with my major (communications/journalism). Decisions, decisions…</p>
<p>9/10. All major subjects are covered with AP classes, you’re expanding upon your foreign language studies while still having a class that shows you’re not an AP monster. :)</p>
<p>Sophomore:
English 2 Honors
Math 3 Honors (Common Core alternative to Algebra 2 Honors)
Chemistry Honors
American History 1 Honors (prerequisite to APUSH)
Spanish 3 Honors
Newspaper 1 (yearly–achieved editor position :D)
Creative Writing 1</p>
<p>8/10, not too much in terms of AP that you can really do sophomore year, though.
Junior, first semester:
AP Chemistry
AP Physics C: Mechanics
AP English Lit and Comp
Peer tutor AP Calc BC
Calculus III
Partial Differential Equations
Second semester:
AP Chemistry
AP Lit
AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
US History
Intro to Higher Mathematics</p>
<p>9.8/10. The only area I see that could have a possible improvement is if you took APUSH, but you’re above and beyond, though I do worry about your sanity! :)</p>
<p>Projected Junior:
AP English 3
Pre-Calculus Honors
AP Environmental Science
AP US History
Newspaper 2 Honors (editor position)
Peer Discovery 1 (TA for 8th grade LA teacher)
Technical Theatre 1</p>
<p>I think you should go for Honors Calc and Spanish, unless you really really want physics. It’s always good to have an extra year of a language, especially if you want to do communications</p>