My son needs to make a choice for his final junior year elective. His schedule at this point is:
1. Honors Eng III (School went away from AP Lang starting this yr for the junior Eng requirement)
2. Pre Calculus
3. Honors Chemistry
4. APUSH
5. Spanish III
6. AP Euro (Offered every other yr for last decade. It is now or never.)
7. ???? AP Bio, AP Environmental Science, 2 half year history electives
Question: In light of my son's hope to attend William & Mary or the best LAC that fits, is it imperative that he take an AP class for the 7th class in his schedule?
He took AP World last year and will take AP Lit, AP Calculus AB, AP Spanish IV, an AP science and possibly a 5th AP, maybe AP Lang since he cannot take it this year. We need to help him make this decision over the weekend. He is an incredibly strong history student with an amazing passion for the subject. Going into his junior year he has a 4.0 unweighted GPA, 4.45 weighted, well into the top ten in his class. I think he is doing everything right to have a shot at his dreams and I don't want to make a mistake here in his junior year schedule sabotaging his efforts. He is just not a science/math kid. He has a strong work ethic and puts in the work to make the grades, but his passion is history not science. However, to chase his dreams he will tow the line and do what it takes. Worried AP Bio may be too much because the AP history courses are taught by a demanding teacher, they are going to be a lot of work, often described by kids as the hardest classes they have taken, can be very stressful, parents of previous students who have gone on to top colleges say their kids were in tears over these history course, but I know my so can do it, though it will be a challenge... then in math and science he works hard to get his A. Maybe AP Environmental Science and AP Bio senior year is the way to go. I just don't know. I know his schedule as is is going to be tough, but worried on paper it may not comparatively be challenging enough when a school like William & Mary looks at it.
I appreciate your thoughts and advice. Ultimately I know that it will all work out whichever route we take, maybe not for W&M, but I am confident the kid will find his place. I just want to do what I can to give him his best shot, so want to be able to give sound advice. Thanks.
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