How are my classes for Freshman year???

[arya24]

I' am entering 9th grade this year. My classes are
Geometry
Spanish II
Advanced English
PE 9
Biology
Photography (Elective)
Are you elective very important?
How does it look? Please give your opinion, thanks.

 

[Cassanova_Child]

looks pretty good to me man.

EDIT: going into 11th grade, and I have to say that WHAT your elective is isn't as important as showing that you truly like it and you stick with it. For example, my elective is guitar, done it outside of school since beginning of 7th grade, and starting 9th took it as an elective. I'll have 6 years of guitar playing experience on my resume when I graduate, sure, people might think it 'look's retarded, but sticking with something like that for 6 years takes patience, dedication, etc... qualities in which people are looking for.

 

[kraytkiller]

I' am entering 9th grade this year. My classes are
Geometry
Spanish II
Advanced English
PE 9
Biology
Photography (Elective)
Are you elective very important?
How does it look? Please give your opinion, thanks.

Very advanced. Most of those are classes only sophmore or above take. Electives are pretty much just relaxation classes at my school, especially Photography. But from an academic/college point of view I don't know how good it is, if that's what your asking.

Your gunna have to work hard for Geometry and Spanish, and PE if your out of shape... You must be pretty smart...

 

[Stblack]

That's pretty similar to the classes I had freshmen year.

Geomety
Spanish II
English I (gifted which is similar to advanced I guess)

Took Biology Sophomore year though.

Is Spanish an elective? In my high school, all foreign languages are. We have up to Spanish V, and from what I've heard, colleges like students who took lots of foreign language. I went up to Spanish III but due to a really ****ty teacher, I dropped it. I'm going to take Latin now in my Jr yr.

All really depends where you live I guess. You shouldn't worry about your electives as much as your gpa though. If you can handle it, take many weighted classes. That way your gpa can be higher than a 4.0. I'm pretty sure your advanced English class would count as weighted.

 

[TheEnergizer]

i had geometry, pe, and biology as well freshman year and heres some advice, do all your geometry homework, because it adds up even if its 1 point each like mine. you dont even have to actually do it if he/she doesnt check, just make it look like you did something. and then actually understand the stuff for the tests, of course, which isnt hard. the homework kinda helps with this so i'd do a few problems just to understand it. even better, ask your friends in the class to teach you or better yet ask the teacher. imo thats way more effective than doing the homework. and why waste time doing that when you could be working on another class/socializing.

pe is easy as long as youre not way out of shape or something.

biology is easy if youre like me and can easily remember things by will. if not then just study a lot i suppose

it might be different in other places so idk if this will help you or not, but it worked for me. you better be pretty good at getting a's cause those are some tough classes when you put em all together. i didnt even bother with a language last year. i am taking spanish and photography this year though, which is pretty ironic lol.

 

[thebestthing]

I' am entering 9th grade this year. My classes are
Geometry
Spanish II
Advanced English
PE 9
Biology
Photography (Elective)
Are you elective very important?
How does it look? Please give your opinion, thanks.

That schedule looks similar to what mine was last year [freshman years].

Mine was..
Geometry PAP
Biology PAP
English PAP [same as advanced]
World Geography PAP
then band, weightlifting and a health class as electives. Not starting foreign language till next year.

IMO, English and Biology are the most difficult classes, but some people have it easy in Biology and do good in Geometry or something. Really depends on your teacher.

All around looks like a good schedule.

 

[arya24]

could i self study ap bio?

 

[Stblack]

The difficulty of the class really does depend on your teacher. I had the same English teacher two years in a row (English I and II gifted), and it was never difficult. She gave so much homework that it was impossible to get less than an A if you did it. On the other hand, my Algebra II teacher was hell. Her tests were the hardest. Then there was my biology teacher that basically gave study guides that resembled the test before hand. Just ask around to see which teachers are hard or not if you are curious.

 

[TheEnergizer]

yeah i 3rd the teacher thing. my math teacher was on his first year of teaching my class so it was easy, bio was easy, but english was hard. dont get on their bad side either, make friends with them or something and theyll help you out especially. and figure out how they do things, like if they make the student behind you grade your papers all the time or something and dont even check them you can sorta convince that guy to give you a more 'desirable' grade haha. or if they like skim your homework but dont actually check the answers, jsut check if you did all the problems then you can just put whatever you want and still get the completion grade. no reason to waste time, theres plenty of more important ways to use your valuable time in high school.

 

[eaglez1177]

Its freshman year bro dont worry about it. Enjoy it while you can cuz sophmore and junior year are going to REALLY suck.

 

[Crazy Asian]

there's not really much that can differ in a freshmen schedule.
u got your 4 core classes and a foreign language.
plus a few electives.
for our school, we had to take a fitness class, a computer class, guidance ****, and preferably an arts class.
i made the mistake of trying to do too much my freshmen and sophomore year and ended up messing myself up with not many days that i can eat lunch and very little sleep.
don't rush things and just take it easy, at least for the first semester.

you're classes sound fine, they're just at the level that a freshmen should be at. and enjoy geometry, that's the most fun u'll ever have in math.
but i'd try as many types of electives as you can to see what interests you.