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<p>Is it that big a deal to take AP calculus and foreign language as a junior instead of a senior?</p>
<p>When I went to high school, it was mostly seniors in these AP courses; juniors in these courses were rare. This was because calculus (BC only at the time) would only be reached by a student a year ahead of the normal sequence in math; a junior reaching calculus was considered a rare top student in math. For foreign languages, the AP course was the level 4 honors course, reached by seniors who started the language in high school or juniors who started the language in middle school. Those reaching it earlier were likely special cases like heritage speakers who started at higher than level 1.</p>
<p>The colleges do ask for the senior year schedule, so they will see that he is taking AP calculus and AP foreign language senior year. Of course, he has to complete the courses and do well enough in them to avoid getting any admission offers rescinded.</p>