tough or easy schedule sr year?

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<p>so just like all of yall
im doing all i can to reach that number 1 or 2 slot
and traditionally at my school
it hasnt been the kids who take the heavy all ap load
(the salutatorian was the varsity QB and has take 1 ap class all 4 years)
im currently a jr, and my senior year schedule is leaning towards:</p>

<p>AP Spanish
Trigonometry
AP Government
Physics
Economy/Photography
AP English Literature</p>

<p>you get 5 points for ap classes (85=90)
im debating the ap spanish (for the 5 points) or just a random elective like girls weights or something for the easy A. all the other classes i pretty much have to take in order to graduate.
PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR OPINION!!! WHAT HAVE VALEDICTORIANS DONE AT YOUR SCHOOL??!!</p>

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<p>It’s different at my school. Valedictorians are usually the one with the hardest courses and highest GPA.</p>

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<p>My school totally has APs next year.</p>

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<p>the val at my school needs to have some honors/AP to get over the 4.0 mark and thus get the highest GPA (honors gives you half a grade higher on your GPA <em>B+=A-</em> and AP gives you a whole grade higher <em>B+=A+</em>).</p>

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<p>For our school, usually the number of AP’s taken during high school can usually determine how the rankings fall, for our class it was:</p>

<p>Val: took 7 [Duke]
Sal: 7 [Stevens]
3rd: 6 [Harvard]
4th: 5 [Davidson]
5th: 6 [Tufts]
6th: 5 [Tufts]</p>

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<p>Hmm, our valadictorian basic requirements is 4 years of all solid classes including a foriegn language (that’s where a lot of kids get screwed, can’t fit that 4th year in or are just taking year 3 sr. yr 'cause of schedule problems their soph or jr year). They like consistansy (sp?) in your electives- ex 4 years of band or chior, 4 yrs in the Ag Ed program, etc. GPA & ACT/SAT factor in too, but I don’t know how much 'cause I didn’t know anyone’s ACT or SAT from this year’s class (I think Salutatorian had about 29 or 30 ACT)</p>

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<p>We need Masterus here for the most critical appraisal.</p>

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<p>Not too tough…4 APS.</p>

<p>English 4
AP Calculus AB
AP Euro
AP Econ
AP Enviro</p>

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<p>Same here, at least 12 APs + Dual Enrollment + Self Study by graduation.</p>

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<p>Challenge yourself. The girl at my school who got into Princeton took SEVEN AP’s her senior year. She wasn’t one of the top three…but hey, she DID get into Princeton.</p>

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<p>i’m a full IB candidate, so i have a pretty full schedule:
IB HL Topics of the 20th century
IB Math SL 2 (basically Calc)
IB HL Physics 2
IB HL English 2
IB TOK
IB SL Spanish 2
Journalism 4</p>

<p>Plus i have do complete like 100 hours of community service and write a 4000 word extended essay</p>

<p>so, it’ll be a pretty tough year, but it should pay off</p>

<p>oh, and my school has a lot of valedictorians (anyone with a 4.0+)</p>