Scheduling

Pre-College Topics High School Life
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<p>So we’re starting scheduling. I’m kind of planning my senior year in addition to my junior year to see how the courses would fit, and I’d like some opinions.
We have 8 Periods, Gym is required, Health is required Junior year</p>

<p>For JUNIOR Year, these are the classes I’m 99% sure I’m picking:
–AP Language and Composition
–AP Statistics
–Math 12-Honors
–AP Gov’t and Politics
–AP Macro/Micro Econ</p>

<p>now I have 3 periods open. One of them I’d like to take a science, either AP Biology or AP Physics. Which do you reccomend? I’ve already taken Honors Biology, and I feel that colleges might like it better for me to take AP Physics, and the AP Bio teacher is extremely boring. BUT, I’m more of an english/history person than a math/science person, so IDK what to do.<br>
Also, the next FL course offered is AP French, but I’ve had the teacher for the past two years and he is really bad and I don’t think I’d learn enough information to do well on the exam. Plus I’d then be taking 7 AP Exams, which I don’t know if I’m up to.<br>
The remaining periods after filling in Science and possibly FL will be for electives. </p>

<p>For SENIOR year, I’m 99% sure I’ll be choosing the following:
–AP Literature and Composition
–AP European History
–AP Art History
–AP Calc AB
–Forsenics Honors (only seniors)</p>

<p>The remaining periods would go to electives and maybe even a study hall first period b/c seniors with free first pds can come in @ 8:15 instead of 7:20</p>

<p>Now, for ELECTIVES, these are the ones I’d be interested in:
–Health (MUST for Junior year) (1/2 year course)
–Interior Design (1/2 year course)
–Beginner Computer Graphics (1/2 year course)
–Advanced Computer Graphics (1/2 year course)
–College Marketing Honors (1/2 year course)
–Strategic Marketing College Honors (full year course)
–Journalism: Layout and Design (1/2 year course)
–Psychology (1/2 year course)
–Social Psychology (1/2 year course)
–College Sociology Honors (1/2 year course)
–IB Visual Art SL, Year 1 (full year course)
–IB Visual Art SL, Year 2 (full year course)</p>

<p>I’m guess I’d have, in total, about 4-6 periods free for electives within the next two years, so thats about 4-6 full year electives or 8-12 1/2 year electives. Any reccomendations on what electives to take?
opinons overall?</p>

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<p>If it were me I would definately go for the psychology, but you have to take what intrests YOU the most. Think about your college goals and which electives will help you most to achieve those goals.</p>

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<p>Thanks. one of the main things I was wondering is would it be worth it to take the IB Art? b/c I’m interested in art and I take after school classes, but Studio Art never fit into my schedule, and Studio Art 1-3 are prerequisites for AP Art, while IB Art SL doesn’t have any prerequisites. But I’m not taking any other IB courses, so idk if that would make sense.</p>

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<p>I would consider keeping art out of your curriculum if you are doing outside classes with art anyways. By doing that, you won’t have to worry about finishing art assignments on time, when you have a physics test that day…or whatever situation.</p>

<p>The marketing and sociology courses sound cool. I wish my school offered honors courses that were outside of the general curriculum.</p>

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<p>^^yeah, i think thats what I’ll probably do.
And, yeah I think its great that my school does, but its only for about 2-4 classes, still, its better than nothing. </p>

<p>do you think taking psychology, social psychology, and college sociology would be repetative? should i just choose one or two? I think the curriculum is pretty different though.</p>

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<p>ha, well we have scheduling tomorrow and I plan to take…
<em>im a junior now, this is for senior year</em></p>

<p>Algebra 3
Physics Honors
AP English Language
Political Science (dual-credit)
Economics
Spanish 3 CP/Honors??? idno yet
Senior Prep- basic extra long lunch :-)</p>

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<p>I bet the 2 psychology courses may be repetitive…so if you were going to choose two, Id do the sociology and one of the psychologies…just to make it interesting.</p>

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<p>thanks christalena2, thats what I was thinking.<br>
any other opinions/comments/suggestions?</p>