Is this Good for Junior Year + Senior Year Answered
Hello everyone! My dream school is Princeton University and would like to major in Journalism. I plan on applying early action for my other 9 schools as well. For activities that I have, I am in Journalism Club and have been since I was a sophomore, Junior Class Parliamentarian, Teen Advisory Board member in my town’s library, a member and Youth Council President of a nonprofit organization, and I have a blog online, a part-time job since June 2021, 3 poems published on a literary magazine, co-authoring a book, writing a book of poetry for next year to publish, over 1000 followers on Instagram from posting poems, and 70+ volunteer hours.
As for my GPA, I heard mine was on a 4.5 scale so it might be a 4.3 from what I saw but a 3.85 on a 4.0 scale. I also took the SATS and waiting for my score to come in a few days!
I'm currently an 11th-grade student who is picking out classes for next year. My school only offers 10 AP classes and I am taking APUSH and AP LANG. For senior year, I picked out classes such as AP LIT, Band, Statistics, Spanish 3 Honors, Sociology OR AP GOV, Web Page Design (2.5), Human Behavior/ Psychology (2.5), Financial Services Literacy (2.5 credits) along with Creative Writing (2.5). I need Financial Literacy as a graduation requirement and would love to do Creative Writing after. Are there any classes from the 2.5 credit zone that might not look challenging or necessary? I also plan on taking college classes in the summer. I'm also worried that if I didn't take more AP classes, I won't stand out. Then again, the other ones are either STEM-related, art, which I cannot draw, or would do AP Bio/Physics. I would love some advice on anything!
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Hi @Jcode,
Graduation requirements are the most important consideration and should be the biggest priority to ensure no hangups when you're trying to finish your requirements.
Colleges also want to see that you're still taking the most rigorous courses through your senior year. You should prioritize taking courses that align with your future major, Journalism. In this vein, taking Creative Writing even though it is not an honors course fits along with this interest and is a good addition to your schedule, as long as the rest of it matches the rigor of your prior years. This is how you can sort through the 2.5-credit courses to select the ones that show rigor and best align with your prospective major. That being said, maintaining your GPA is of the utmost importance so you want to take courses you'll enjoy and do well in.
Hope this helps and best of luck!
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