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@deevine234
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 • 8 months ago •
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What should I do in the future high school years to make my college resume well-built?
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I'm currently a sophomore at a CTE school. Right now, I'm taking Regents Chemistry, English 10, AP World History, 2 periods of CTE class (IT fundamentals), Spanish 2, Gym, and Algebra 2.

I plan to either go in the medical field or computer science field, but to be honest I am still unsure.

However, I want to know what APs I can take to make sure the colleges know I plan to major in those section(s) only. (Only one major, I know. I mean one of the career pathways)

Also, I take classical dance and would get a certificate. Founded a club of my interest (co-founder), do art (wondering if I should start a small business), community service, may take a college class soon, etc.

I am in three honor societies:

NHS (National Honors Society), NTHS (National Technical Honors Society), and SHS (NY State Science Honors Society).

My real question is what should I do junior year? I plan to take AP Calc AB, AP Bio, and one more, but I am not sure.

The state requires one Earth Science (either Earth Science or Physics) to graduate, and I took Earth Science in freshman year (unfortunately my school didn't offer Chem freshman year).

Should I take Physics? Or instead, take an AP class in its place?

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@apple33
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 • 8 months ago

You're already participating in CTE, which colleges look at very favorably. Taking both AP Calculus and AP Bio is a good idea, if you plan on pursuing computer science I would take AP Comp Sci. AP Physics also looks good on transcripts, so I would consider that too. What other AP classes does your school offer?

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[🎤 AUTHOR]@deevine2347 months ago [edited]

Thank you so much for your helpful answer. My school offers the following (for APS): AP Chemistry, AP Bio, AP Psych, AP Environmental Science, APUSH (Grade 11), AP Government and Politics (Grade 12), AP English Language Composition & Literature (Grade 11), AP English Literature & Composition (Grade 12)

AP Seminar (Grade 11)

AP Research / MODEL UN (Grade 12)

AP Computer Science Principles: (Grade 11 or Grade 12)

AP Computer Science A: (Grade 12)

[🎤 AUTHOR]@deevine2347 months ago

My school had AP Physics removed, unfortunately (the teacher quit). I could request it but I'm not sure haha. My school also offers: AP Precalculus (Grade 11 or 12)

AP Calculus AB (Grade 11 or 12)

AP Calculus BC & Probability and Statistics for Engineers (Grade 12)

AP Statistics (Grade 12) and AP Spanish Language and Culture.

@apple337 months ago

Sounds like you have a wide breadth of classes to choose from! If you're leaning more towards the medical field AP Chem is a great option, but double AP sciences will definitely take a toll on you if you don't have good study habits. If you're leaning towards computer science those AP computer science courses are great.

@apple337 months ago

However, although I haven't taken the class I've heard from those who have taken AP CS Principles that it is more of an introduction, and seeing that you're taking IT fundamentals you might want to look for a better use of your time. I want to emphasize that not every class you take has to be major related - personally I've gained a lot from taking AP Lang although it is unrelated to my major, so I would suggest that out of my own experience.

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