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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My sophomore is choosing his classes for junior year and he wants to take honors physics and AP chem and drop or postpone taking language until senior year. He said this is [b]common for kids trying to major in science in college.[/b] I personally think he should take honors physics and keep his language (Spanish) and then take two AP science classes senior year.

Is it normal to take two science classes per grade?

I didn’t major in science. DH did major in science but he just took one science per grade in high school.[/quote]

If the high school has 7 periods a day there are likely many students who take 6 as cores, so two sciences and continuing the foreign language is possible, and that is what is "common" at the high school for stem students. That is done by about 1/3rd of our high school, starting in 10th: they either take two sciences(AP chem and honorsBio) or two maths in 10th (AP stat plus precal), then they do the same thing in 11th and 12th (they offer post-AP honors organic chem as well three post-BC math courses). The top stem kids end up with 6-7 sciences and 5-6 maths. Your student or you need to talk to the high school advisors and find out what is expected. [/quote]

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