{"id":108,"date":"2025-02-12T01:42:40","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T18:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/editor.knoww.co\/thaihub\/?p=108"},"modified":"2025-04-11T23:34:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T16:34:00","slug":"high-school-outline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/editor.knoww.co\/thaihub\/high-school-outline\/","title":{"rendered":"High School Outline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- Year 1 - 9th Grade --><\/p>\n<h2>\ud83d\udfe2 Year 1 &#8211; 9th Grade (Freshman Year)<\/h2>\n<h3>Courses:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Math:<\/strong> Honors Geometry (or Honors Algebra II if already taken Geometry in 8th)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Science:<\/strong> Honors Biology<\/li>\n<li><strong>English:<\/strong> Honors English 9<\/li>\n<li><strong>History:<\/strong> AP Human Geography or Honors World History<\/li>\n<li><strong>Foreign Language:<\/strong> Spanish\/French\/Chinese 1<\/li>\n<li><strong>Elective:<\/strong> Introduction to Computer Science (if available)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Visual &#038; Performing Arts:<\/strong> Digital Arts, Music Production, or Design<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Extracurriculars:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Join <strong>Robotics Club<\/strong> (FIRST Robotics, VEX)<\/li>\n<li>Participate in <strong>USACO Bronze Division<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Attend <strong>Hackathons for Beginners<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Learn <strong>Python\/Java<\/strong> and start projects on GitHub<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Summer Plan:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>CS\/AI Summer Camp<\/strong> (Stanford AI4ALL, Berkeley AI4ALL, Google Code Next)<\/li>\n<li><strong>STEM Workshops<\/strong> or <strong>Job Shadowing<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- Year 2 - 10th Grade --><\/p>\n<h2>\ud83d\udfe1 Year 2 &#8211; 10th Grade (Sophomore Year)<\/h2>\n<h3>Courses:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Math:<\/strong> Honors Algebra II (or Honors Pre-Calculus if ahead)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Science:<\/strong> Honors Chemistry<\/li>\n<li><strong>English:<\/strong> Honors English 10<\/li>\n<li><strong>History:<\/strong> AP World History<\/li>\n<li><strong>Foreign Language:<\/strong> Spanish\/French\/Chinese 2<\/li>\n<li><strong>Elective:<\/strong> AP Computer Science Principles<\/li>\n<li><strong>Visual &#038; Performing Arts:<\/strong> Digital Arts (if not taken in 9th grade)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Extracurriculars:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Compete in <strong>USACO Silver Division<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Join <strong>AMC 10 Math Competition<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Hackathons (<strong>Hack the Bay, CodeDay SF<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>Develop <strong>personal coding projects<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Summer Plan:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Internship or Coding Bootcamp<\/strong> (Google CS Summer Institute, Berkeley Coding Academy)<\/li>\n<li>Attend <strong>UC Berkeley Pre-College Programs<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Take <strong>Online AI or Data Science Courses<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- Year 3 - 11th Grade --><\/p>\n<h2>\ud83d\udd35 Year 3 &#8211; 11th Grade (Junior Year)<\/h2>\n<h3>Courses:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Math:<\/strong> AP Calculus AB (or AP Calculus BC if ahead)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Science:<\/strong> AP Physics 1 (or AP Physics C if strong in math)<\/li>\n<li><strong>English:<\/strong> AP English Language<\/li>\n<li><strong>History:<\/strong> AP U.S. History<\/li>\n<li><strong>Foreign Language:<\/strong> Spanish\/French\/Chinese 3<\/li>\n<li><strong>Elective:<\/strong> AP Computer Science A (Java &#8211; Crucial for CS applicants)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Additional Elective:<\/strong> Engineering Design, Cybersecurity, AI<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Extracurriculars:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Apply for <strong>UC Berkeley\u2019s AI Research Program<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Compete in <strong>USACO Gold Division<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Enter <strong>Major Hackathons (Hack the Bay, LA Hacks, MLH Events)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Take part in <strong>Google\u2019s Code-In or MIT\u2019s PRIMES<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Join <strong>Math Olympiad, Cybersecurity 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