<h1>1:</h1>
<p>AP English Lang and Comp
AP Physics 1
AP US History
AP Statistics
AP Calculus BC
Honors Spanish 4
Word Derivation/Etymology (1/2 yr)
Poetry of Song (1/2 yr)</p>
<h1>2:</h1>
<p>AP English Language
AP Physics 1
AP US History
AP Statistics
Honors Precalculus
Honors Spanish 4
Etymology & Poetry of Song (split into semesters)</p>
<h1>3:</h1>
<p>AP English Language
AP Physics 1
AP US History
AP Calculus BC
Honors Spanish 4
Etymology (1/2 yr)
Poetry of Song (1/2 yr)</p>
<h1>4:</h1>
<p>AP English Language
AP Physics 1
AP US History
Honors Precalculus
Honors Spanish 4
Etymology (1/2 yr)
Poetry of Song (1/2 year(</p>
<p>What the hell? </p>
<p>The only difference between these schedules are your math class, and it’s really obvious that AP Calculus BC would look better than Honors Precalculus… how can you even be deciding between Honors Precalculus and AP Calculus BC? </p>
<p>And how come you have 7 classes in the first and second schedule, but only 6 in the third and and fourth schedules? </p>
<p>Schedule 1 beats all of your schedules. </p>
<p>Yeah. The ONLY reason you should not be taking Calc BC is if there isn’t any math class for you to take next year (in that case, you should save AP Stats for next year)</p>
<p>Um, I would be careful about considering skipping so many maths. If you take Pre-Calculus, you’d still be able to take AP Calc AB or BC in Senior year. I personally don’t think it would be a good idea to skip it, but you may be confident with math.</p>
<p>The main reason I am skipping to calculus BC is because I am applying to Oxford to read physics. However, I am not so sure anymore about this entire plan. My parents absolutely can’t afford summer classes let alone necessities. I guess I’ll have to take the finals on my own without taking the college course. But the math supervisor usually does not let that fly. I feel as if I should forget about Oxford if I can’t afford a $400 class.</p>
<p>From a quick scan of your other posts, you seem to be somebody with a lot of drive and ambition and a strong interest in math/physics. Ambition is fine, but financial planning is as important as schedule planning.</p>
<p>You really really really need to talk to your parents about financing college- now. What- exactly- are they willing and able to contribute? what other sources of finance do you have? Airfare alone to Oxford is a multiple of $400, and you cannot hope for much in the way of scholarships (there are some small ones, but nothing that is going to make a significant difference). You can get US student loans through the usual mechanisms (and with the usual limits), but that would be a <em>lot</em> of debt to study a subject that pretty much requires graduate school. You may be better off being a really strong student who goes to your state flagship university honors program, or an excellent college/university that is not ranked quite as high on the US News list, but that wants you enough to give you a lot of merit &/or financial aid. I know it is hard to hear this when you are dreaming (and hey - Harvard is free if your family income is low enough!) but truly this is as important a part of college planning as working out your schedule. </p>
<p>Thanks for the great insight!! I mean I guess it’s enough that someone, such as myself, that the system has labeled as an idiot is taking calculus BC as a senior. If I’m really interested, I guess I could just take the AP exams and my GPA will not be “at risk.” The school may have the ability to stop me from taking the course, but they can never prevent me from self-studying. Again, thanks a lot everybody! I will just take AP Statistics as well!</p>