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Evaluate my high school class schedule and how I will fare next year (I am a junior) in the college admissions process at selective schools.

Freshman (5 honors)
1. English I Honors
2. Biology Honors
3. Spanish II Honors
4. Morality
5. Art
6. Health
7. Gym
8. Geometry Honors
9. Latin II Honors

Sophomore (5 Honors)
1. Spanish III Honors
2. Gym
3. Western Civilizations Honors
4. American Literature Honors
5. Algebra II Honors
6. Religion
7. Chemistry Honors

Junior (1 AP , 2 Honors)
1. Intro to Literary Criticism Honors
2. History of Music
3. History of Art
4. Physics
5. Spanish IV Honors
6. Religion
7. AP US History
8. PreCalculus

Senior (4 AP, 1 Honors)
1. Advanced Literary Criticism Honors
2. AP Statistics
3. AP Biology
4. AP Spanish
5. Religion
6. AP US Government
7. Calculus I

13 honors classes, 5 APs
SAT: 1320 (690m, 630v)
GPA Through 3rd quarter Jr Year: 3.66
This is a private high school

By Sixtoes (Sixtoes) on Friday, May 16, 2003 - 10:40 pm: Edit

How many APs are offered at your school-- its not your courseload compared to the nation, its compared to what opportunities you have.

By Qu1kslvr (Qu1kslvr) on Friday, May 16, 2003 - 11:02 pm: Edit

1. AP Biology
2. AP Calculus AB
3. AP Chemistry
4. AP Comp
5. AP Lit
6. AP Euro
7. AP US Gov
8. AP Latin Vergil
9. AP Physics B
10. AP Spanish Language
11. AP Statistics
12. AP Studio Art


However, they are only offered to Juniors and Seniors. Juniors are only allowed AP US and AP Latin.

By Serene (Serene) on Saturday, May 17, 2003 - 01:03 am: Edit

qu1kslvr: really? that sucks, the jr/sr requirement. I think that could really hold back a lot of talented students.

the only /real/ AP classes my school has are AP Studio Art, AP music theory, AP English Lit, and AP US. History. All other classes are honors/college

By Serene (Serene) on Saturday, May 17, 2003 - 01:06 am: Edit

Nml1022: SAT and 3.66 GPA (unweighted?) is a bit weak... but with a strong application, admission into schools like Cornell and Berkeley are optimistic. Schools like Harvard and Princeton would be much harder to get in. =\

By Tigeruppercut (Tigeruppercut) on Saturday, May 17, 2003 - 02:04 am: Edit

your schedule is weird.
you don't enough english courses.

By Sixtoes (Sixtoes) on Saturday, May 17, 2003 - 02:50 am: Edit

he/she does have enough english, literature counts...

By Qu1kslvr (Qu1kslvr) on Saturday, May 17, 2003 - 07:06 pm: Edit

yea i see 4 credits of english/lit

By Crazyandy (Crazyandy) on Saturday, May 17, 2003 - 09:03 pm: Edit

wow you guys are lucky you have so many AP's. my school has 2 and its only for seniors (im taking both). but to take those APs... ap calc and english ... you have to take regular calc and honors english first. Anyone else think this is weird? (we're on block scheduling too so)

By Anothersuitcase (Anothersuitcase) on Sunday, May 18, 2003 - 02:21 pm: Edit

For AP courses not available, Florida offers virtual AP courses online; each course runs about $800 a year. Anyone from any state can take them (though I'm betting there's an extra expense for out-of-state students.)

My school offers these APs:

1.) AP English Language
2.) AP English Literature
3.) AP European History
4.) AP US History
5.) AP Government
6.) AP Statistics
7.) AP Computer Science I
8.) AP Computer Science II
9.) AP Calculus AB
10.) AP Calculus BC
11.) AP Music Theory
12.) AP Art History
13.) AP Spanish Language
14.) AP French Language
15.) AP Biology
16.) AP Physics
17.) AP Chemistry
18.) AP Spanish Literature
19.) AP French Literature

Sophomores are only open to AP European History and AP Computer Science I; after that, it's free game. I used to our AP course options were paltry, but now I see I have no reason to complain . . .