What science course did your college student take as a jr and sr in HS?
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Anonymous
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Kid 1:
Junior: Anatomy & Physiology Senior: Matter and Energy Kid 2: Junior: Physics, Forensic Science Senior: AP Chem Kid 3: Junior: Honors Chem Senior: Honors Physics |
Anonymous
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Kid 1 Currently a math major in college
11th: AP Chemistry 12th: AP Physics 1 Kid 2 in HS non-STEM 11th: Honors Bio (school has different sequence for Bio, Chem and Physics) 12th: No science |
Anonymous
Based on everyone’s responses, that rule of thumb looks like it’s been tossed out the window. Besides, many schools (including my kids’) allow students to take AP Chem, AP Bio and AP physics without taking a regular level course beforehand. |
Anonymous
Why do people take two sciences classes in a year? |
Anonymous
| Both kids took AP Chemistry in 11 and AP Physics in 12. Neither were clearly “STEM” kids in high school, but one is now a chemistry major and the other is undecided as a freshman. Both at top SLACs. |
Anonymous
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Junior DE Chemistry & Honors Physics
Senior Year AP Physics & DE Geospacial Science Intended college Major is Quantum Physics |
Anonymous
This is incredibly common amongst those students interested in STEM. The second science just takes the place of another elective. Shoot... I even did this back in the stone ages: Biology H (9th), Chemistry H (10th), Physics H (11th), AP Bio and AP Chem (12th). |
Anonymous
At most public schools around here, kids take 8 credits per year. It’s not like a traditional college prep program, which is just 6 credits per year. |
Anonymous
You mean classes/periods, not credits. My kid’s school has six periods, although we are outside of DMV. Scheduling is very tight, and some STEM students do double up on science, but it’s always at the expense of something else like an elective, foreign language, etc. |
Anonymous
What people do, and what moves the AO needle, are very different. It depends on what your school offers and what your classmates do, and if you have extracurricular STEM achievements. |
Anonymous
Where does your kid go to school? Do you not have enough classes for your kids to double up on a few? My kids are required to take a Math, History, Science, and English. This leaves them 3 extra classes. I suppose they could just go home early? However both have used the extra period to go up to an AP foreign language and then my "science" kid took a bunch of extra science and math classes because he enjoys those topics and my "history" kid took a bunch of humanities classes. |
Anonymous
He should take what he is interested in and capable of, and develop an internal sense of worth instead of defining it by arbitrary school rankings. |
Anonymous
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Honors Bio, Honors Chem (9/10) and AP bio 11th, Honors Physics 12.
Not a STEM major. |
Anonymous
^ we are at school that does not allow you to jump into the AP course without taking Honors course first. |
Anonymous
Because there is room in the schedule and DD wanted a 2nd science instead of some other elective. She did IB Biology HL part 1 in junior year and part 2 in senior year and then added IB Environmental Science senior year. Similarly, DS, who loves math took AP Calculus BC senior year + AP Statistics as an elective. |