AP Euro + other classes? UCLA?
Asked by NaNaComenica506I want to get into UCLA. Then go to UCLA Medical school. I am a freshman in high school and this year i did not take any AP or honors classes. I got a 4.0 and my counselor recommended that I took an AP course. I chose AP EURO. I am doing National Honors Society next year. I want to be excepted into UCLA and i live in Valencia and go to west ranch high school. Here are my schedules.... Softmore- Honors English, Honors Geometry, Reg. Chemistry, AP EURO, Reg Spanish 2. Junior- AP Language and Composition, Algebra 2/ Trigonometry (Honors), Regular Physics, Health, AP US HISTORY, Spanish 3. Senior- AP literature and connection, Pre-calculus (Honors), Human Anatomy and Physiology (Honors), AP Economics and AP American Government next semester, British Literature A and British Literature B Next semester and my school does a College of the Canyons class ( A local community college). ~ go to West Ranch High School. course catalog: www.westranchhighschool.com/counseling/2007%202008%20Catalog%20of%20Courses.doc%20Counseling.pdf I really do not want to take AP physics. I don't plan to be an undergraduate. I will have hard competition =)
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Answered by newbuddy291
I was the same way as a freshman, getting 4.0s and above. Sophomore year I took: AP Euro, Algebra 2/Trig Honors, Spanish 3 Honors, English Honors, and Chemistry. Junior Year: AP US, AP Biology, English Honors, pre-calculus, spanish 4. senior year: AP Econ, AP English, AP Calculus AB, Physics, Spanish 5. I would recommend taking as many hard classes as you can, but make sure that you can handle the workload and keep your GPA up, especially for the UC schools. And if you want to go to medical school/undergrad with a medical focus, make sure that you take a lot of science and math courses. Also, work on your SAT score, UC's rely heavily on those. I would say that you're schedule is pretty good, but take a few more challenging courses if you can. And also make sure you're doing a lot of extra-curriculars. The community college courses look good as well. Good luck. Another thing I would recommend is, if you really want to go to UCLA medical school, don't go to UCLA undergrad. Why? Because they only take a certain amount of people from their unversity undergrad, and I can almost certainly say that you will not be in the top 5% of your graduating class (merely based on probablity). That is because of all of the cut-throat and crazy smart asians and kids that have been training for college ever since birth. So, try going to LMU, Santa Clara, or USD where you could do really well, and graduate at the top of your class. Graduate programs like kids in the top 2% of their graduating class more than the school they came out of. So easier school + less competition = acceptance to UCLA medical school. Also, a smaller school like Claremont McKenna will give you a better education for the most part. Smaller classes trump large lectures any day. (But don't get me wrong, I'm hoping to get into UCLA, UPenn, Georgetown, and UC Berkeley as we speak). Again, good luck!
I was the same way as a freshman, getting 4.0s and above. Sophomore year I took: AP Euro, Algebra 2/Trig Honors, Spanish 3 Honors, English Honors, and Chemistry. Junior Year: AP US, AP Biology, English Honors, pre-calculus, spanish 4. senior year: AP Econ, AP English, AP Calculus AB, Physics, Spanish 5. I would recommend taking as many hard classes as you can, but make sure that you can handle the workload and keep your GPA up, especially for the UC schools. And if you want to go to medical school/undergrad with a medical focus, make sure that you take a lot of science and math courses. Also, work on your SAT score, UC's rely heavily on those. I would say that you're schedule is pretty good, but take a few more challenging courses if you can. And also make sure you're doing a lot of extra-curriculars. The community college courses look good as well. Good luck. Another thing I would recommend is, if you really want to go to UCLA medical school, don't go to UCLA undergrad. Why? Because they only take a certain amount of people from their unversity undergrad, and I can almost certainly say that you will not be in the top 5% of your graduating class (merely based on probablity). That is because of all of the cut-throat and crazy smart asians and kids that have been training for college ever since birth. So, try going to LMU, Santa Clara, or USD where you could do really well, and graduate at the top of your class. Graduate programs like kids in the top 2% of their graduating class more than the school they came out of. So easier school + less competition = acceptance to UCLA medical school. Also, a smaller school like Claremont McKenna will give you a better education for the most part. Smaller classes trump large lectures any day. (But don't get me wrong, I'm hoping to get into UCLA, UPenn, Georgetown, and UC Berkeley as we speak). Again, good luck!
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