<p>HI,
what do students take in grade 11? And what did they take in grade 10?
Did any of you take o-levels before taking APs.
I am in a terrible fix, and i neeed replies.</p>
<p>Judging by your “grade 10/11” and “terrible fix,” I’ll assume you’re not American. I think I can safely say that most of us on CC are Americans and that most of us wouldn’t be too familiar with foreign school systems. I can, however tell you which classes I had in 10th and 11th grade for your own comparison.</p>
<p>10th:
Math B (Acc)
American Sign Language 2
English 2 (Acc)
Band
Spanish 3
AP European History
Chem Regents (Acc)
Health/Gym (req.)</p>
<p>11th:
Pre-Calc (Acc)
AP US History
AP Statistics
AP Chemistry
AP English Language
Spanish Regents
Japanese 1
Band
Gym (req.)</p>
<p>i study in an international school that allows me to take american exams. And i am in Abu Dhabi(UAE-MIDDLE EAST).</p>
<p>And do ppl usually take a minimum of 4 APs in junior year</p>
<p>Did you do the o-levels ?? infact wat did you do b4 you did your APs?</p>
<p>My school doesn’t have any “o-level” classes. We don’t have any prepatory classes (unless it’s a lower level class designed for the NY state Regents tests). The AP load a student can take depends on how hard the school makes it and how dedicated the student is. I took one AP class sophmore year to gauge how much I could take Junior year, and I went off that. After finding that AP Euro was one of the more challenging APs offered at our school (in comparison), I’ve decided to take 6 APs senior year.</p>
<p>If Junior year is going to be your first year taking APs, then take on around 4-5, and if it’s too much, you can always drop down to a lower level class and prep for next year.</p>
<p>Most American juniors just take the standard fare–Math, English, History, Foreign Language, and one or two sciences. For example, my schedule was:</p>
<p>AP Literature
AP Physics C
AP Chemistry
IB Contemporary World History
Orchestra
Spanish III
AP Calculus BC</p>
<p>However, there is no such thing as a “minimum #” of APs, just so you know. Some take none, some take 6 or 7. It depends on the school.</p>
<p>Here’s what my schedules were:</p>
<p>10th Grade:
H American History II
H Chemistry
H English
Health/Gym-like Class (both required… to think that I could have taken AP Psych if it weren’t for those wastes of time…)
H Algebra II
Band
H French III</p>
<p>11th Grade:
AP Chem
H French IV
AP Environmental Science
H Precalculus
AP US History
H Concert Band
H American Literature</p>
<p>Also, I agree with Snoopy about APs. It’s impossible to take more than three APs Junior year at my school, unless a students skips to higher level math/language… which never happens, because guidance counselors “don’t recommend this,” meaning it’s basically forbidden.</p>
<p>10th grade:
AP US History
AP US Govt
Precalculus H
Chemistry H
English 2 H
Drawing/Painting 1
Law Studies</p>
<p>11th grade:
AP English Lang
AP Calculus AB
AP Physics B
AP Biology
AP Studio Art Drawing
AP Macroecon
AP Microecon</p>
<p>…I’ll also be taking community college classes junior year. </p>
<p>And I might self study Psychology and take the AP exam if I have enough time.</p>
<p>I’m not exactly sure about this, but a lot of colleges will accept A-levels for college credit, so I’m pretty sure that A-levels are similar to AP classes.</p>
<p>I took all Honors classes in 10th grade and AP courses in 11th (I couldn’t take AP classes in 10th).</p>
<p>In 10th grade I took:
AP Spanish (independent)
PE (independent)
Biology II
Honors English 10 *The only honors classes at my school are Honors English 9 & 10
Trigonometry
Pre-calculus
TA
Psychology
Health/home economics (required)
US History
Traffic safety (.33 credit)</p>
<p>In 11th grade:
AP English Language & Composition
AP English Literature & Composition (usually taken in 12th grade)
Conceptual Physics
Chemistry I
Drama II
French II
French III
Civics</p>
<p>But it does depend almost entirely on the school. Just take the most challenging courses that are available to you and for which you are prepared–and the courses that you want to take. If you school doesn’t offer a ton of AP classes, then you don’t have to go out of your way to self-study APs, if it’s college admissions that’s on your mind. Make the most of what is offered to you. </p>
<p>I’ve never heard of an American high school having O-levels. We have honors, AP, IB… some schools offer pre-AP, but mine doesn’t.</p>
<p>I have a friend that went to an international school in Dubai, I think it was but I know it was somewhere in the UAE. </p>
<p>What we take before AP tests really doesn’t matter though since every school has different requirements. </p>
<p>Typically, 10th graders don’t take any AP tests but if they do it tends to be either World History, Environmental Science or European History.</p>
<p>11th Graders typically usually take
AP US History
AP English Language</p>
<p>These AP tests are generally taken between either 11th or 12th grade
AP Chemistry
AP Physics B &C
AP Biology
AP Calculus AB & BC
AP Psychology
AP American Govt
AP Macro/Mirco Economics
AP Statistics
AP Art History
Any AP Language</p>
<p>You can look up the percentages of what grades take each test on Collegeboad’s website. It’s in a PDF and it’s part of their anual review.</p>
<p>These will be my sophomore and junior level classes
Sophomore:
PIB Chem
PIB French 3
AP Calculus AB
AP Statistics
AP US govt/VPS
IB Computer Studies
AP English Language
AP Art History online
Calculus I/II at a local CC</p>
<p>Junior year:
IB Biology HL
IB Chem SL
AP English lit
AP French Lang
IB TOK/AP Macro
IB American History
IB Math Methods II
Calc III, Micro, and Diffrential Equations at a local CC
Possibly AP Computer Science A online</p>
<p>Jumping on the bandwagon, to balance out the people who’ve taken/are taking 90 quadrillion APs. My school offers 7 APs and no honors classes; here’s what my schedules have looked like:</p>
<p>10th Grade
French III
Algebra II
Development of Western Civilization
English 10
Band III
Physics/Mechanics (semester)
Inorganic Chem (semester)
Human Biology (semester)
Creative Writing (semester)
Personal Fitness (semester)
Life/Team Sports (semester)</p>
<p>11th Grade
Ancient Greece
U.S. History
AP English
AP U.S. Government
Precalculus
Band III
Physics/Waves (semester)
Advanced Topics in Chemistry (semester)</p>
<p>As you can see, it really depends on your school’s offerings.</p>
<p>For 10th and 11th grades I will most likely be taking:</p>
<p>Algebra II Accelerated
Chemistry Honors
English II
AP Modern European History
French III
Spanish III
Intro to Psychology/Wellness (1 semester each)</p>
<p>Analysis Accelerated
Physics Honors
AP English
AP American History
AP French Language
AP Spanish Language
AP Macroeconomics/Intro to Political Philosophy (1 semester each)</p>
<p>For 11th grade I took…</p>
<p>AP English Lit.
AP English Lang.
AP Microeconomics
AP Biology
Chorus
Trigonometry
Precalculus</p>
<p>I also took a study hall (for two of the AP’s, which I was taking online) and a T.A. period (required by the school).</p>
<p>my school doesn’t let you take ap’s before 11th grade, adn we’re only allowed to take 1 as juniors…</p>
<p>so i had
10th:
H English 10
H Chem
H Alg.2/Trig
H World History</p>
<p>11th:
H Physics
H Pre-calc
H English 11
AP US history</p>
<p>there’s no minumum or maximum number of AP’s that u can test …</p>
<p>and i disagre with sungchul… i think if it’s ur first tiem takign AP’s take 1, or 2 at most… they are a different style of test and stuff… u don’t want to ever take too many challeneging classes if it affects ur other schoolwork…</p>
<p>start small, and build ur way up…
i dont think international students need AP’s anyways, but i dont really know</p>
<p>lmao well MOST people don’t take any Aps…</p>
<p>Most Americans probably take in 11th grade
–Regular Algebra II
–Regular Chemistry (or maybe Physics)
–Regular US History (european, world, etc.)
–English 11
–third year of a foreign language</p>
<p>And in 10th grade
–Geometry
–Biology (or maybe Chemistry)
–Some form of social studies
–English 10
–second-year foreign language.</p>
<p>But of course most people on this forum take higher-level courses (APs, IBs, honors, etc.).</p>