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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 10th grade son is interested in attending UVA to major in computer science.  He is on track to take 9 AP courses with Honors for his social studies classes (and Multivariable Calc).  He will not pursue language other than his required 3 years.  He currently makes all As.  Any thoughts on whether he needs to take "hard" electives for his other classes, or if he can get away with an "easy" one or two.  For instance, he is interested in taking Sports Psychology.  Or maybe Oceanography.  Or maybe Forensics, Debate, Film Studies, Sports Marketing, etc.

Just some sort of easy, interesting, random class (one in 11th and one in 12th) to balance out his other challenging courses.

What say you, DCUM?

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He probably should take the 4th year language if possible. My son is in this position now, and he literally can't fit it into his schedule and it's his worst class anyway. So we opted not. But only because his schedule was already rigorous. Have you talked to the school counselor? I was pretty annoyed to find out how many schools wanted 4 years of language when the VA advanced diploma only requires three.

Other than that, I'd say take the classes that seem interesting to him and help him understand what he likes. But I'm not a counselor.[/quote]

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