AP/Honors courses and Community College Courses Question?
I’m currently a junior at a public high school in California, and as of now, I’m interested in applying to UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UCSD, and UCLA.
I was just wondering if my AP/honors courseload from 10th to 12th grade is challenging. Should I think of adding another AP or honors course to my 11th grade schedule, or is my schedule fine as it is?
10th grade
– AP Computer Science AB
– Chemistry Honors
11th grade
– AP Biology
– Spanish 4 Honors
– Precalculus Honors
12th grade
– AP Spanish
– AP Calculus BC
– AP English Literature
– AP Chemistry
– AP US Government
I’m also taking a physics course at a local community college, and will probably take two more courses in the remaining trimesters. Does taking community college courses boost the strength/rigorousness of one’s high school courseload? What’re the benefits of taking those courses?
Thanks for your help!
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For the record I took a course load very much like that in HS.
1) It damn near killed me, especially my senior year.
2) I got a middling high GPA (I’m a bit lazy and not too good at math) and made it into UCSC, UCSD, and UCSB even with a few Cs on my transcript. I didn’t make it into Cal, but I had a number of friends who took the same classes I did but who were good at math/more studious than I was and did make it in. I didn’t apply to UCLA but don’t think its harder to get into than Cal.
Also to plug my own school I wound up at Santa Cruz, which really is quite good and incredibly scenic, and I’m going to be starting a masters at the London School of Economics in October, so it is possible to go from there to a good grad school. Worth checking out.
Anyway, good luck.
The main benefit is if you pass the AP exam, you can possibly skip 1 year of college. That can be over $40,000 in savings!!!
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