With so many courses offered, students often have trouble choosing what to take. This year, students were faceed with this decision much earlier than usual, when the registration deadline was pushed up substantially to Oct. 31, adding to students’ stress. While using SchoolLinks and Infinite Campus may have made the process easier, students found it’s still a difficult and stressful process nevertheless, but some came up with different ways of handling the challenge.
For junior Amanda Gaston, selecting classes came down to both her enjoyment and future goals.
“I’m going to pick courses that correspond with my career and also things that I enjoy,” Gaston said.
She described herself as a creative and “hands-on-kind-of-person.” Gaston said she has always wanted to take “artsy” electives like ceramics. Gaston also plans to become a veterinarian and has begun adding science courses that align with this path.
“Next year I’m doing AP Bio and AP Physics, which you have to take for vet school, so it’s better to get out of the way. I’m also doing med-terms,” Gaston said.
Although her current schedule doesn’t fully match her career interests, she believes it’s more important to finish required classes early.
“If you’re a freshman or sophomore, get all your necessary classes done stat,” Gaston said. “You do not want to be doing that senior year. Senioritis is real. Get it done so senior year you can party.”
Junior Cru Lucier, when asked how he chose his classes, said he went with what made sense to him. Lucier spoke on his experience so far.
“I’m really good at history,” Lucier said. “I’ve never had less than 95% in any history class.”
He plans to take every history course at our school and next year he plans to take sociology.
“I picked Math 102 because that’s what my teacher said I should do. For English, I picked whatever I need for the credit so I don’t have to take it in college,” Lucier said.
He hopes to become a history teacher, starting in high school and moving up to the university level. Lucier has spoken about his interest in other career opportunities.
“I’ve thought about politics, but I don’t like giving speeches, so it’s not for me,” Lucier said. “European history is the most intriguing history in the world. No other class can match it.”
Each student has their own process for choosing classes, but some of the biggest similarities from these interviews was them having an plan to help them suceed.