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Pytanie: Are these schedules rigorous enough for UC...?

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Answer #1:

Only one AP/Honors classes during junior year?

Your senior year looks good. But junior year seems somewhat average. The least you can do is ace these classes to make up for it.

Answer #2:

Be careful you don't overload yourself so much you push down your GPA. The extracurriculars are just the icing and the academics are the more critical component. I was in Academic Decathlon. My school was ranked at the bottom, yet I still had a lot of my homework time taken up. Knowledge bowl was just as fun, but took up less time. Don't burn out before you get to college. UC will be ten fold harder then high school.
Unless things have changed drastically in 15 years, UC likes seeing a fine arts class (choir, band, art, drama). I hope you have had at least one. It's not all about the hard core subjects; they will teach you plenty of those. An art class may release your mind to be more focused for the harder classes.
Spanish v. Forensics
If you get an A in Spanish 3 you will have fulfilled your foreign language requirement for UC (at least that was the way it was 15 years ago). If not, taking Spanish 4 will give you another chance at an A or give you the knowledge to test out of the requirement so you don't have to take up your curriculum space with the foreign language requirement.
I doubt a high school Forensic Science class will give you any more than you could get out of a coffee table book (I could be wrong, they didn't have any classes like that when I was in high school). Don't worry about exposure. Forensics is super popular right now. You might not be able to find any classes specifically named Forensic such n' such, but it will probably be touched on in a lot of your science classes (it was in mine and I went to college before Forensic Science was popular). If you are interested in a career in Forensic Science, when you get to college take a lot of chemistry, biochemistry/genetics/molecular biology (DNA requirements), and a course in statistics. Call/e-mail around to crime labs and try to get internships after you have had a few science classes. Intern at other types of labs if you can't find a crime lab to take you. Avoid those criminal justice classes that a lot of college counselors push you towards to fill the classes (waste of time).

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