<p>im a senior in high school and im planning on applying at bc this year. i don’t like science so for my senior year i decided to not take a science class and double up on history, but i read on collegeboard.com that boston college requires 4 years of science in high school.is that true??can i get by with 3 years of science or to i need to take 1 more year??
thanks!!</p>
<p>i would take another if i were you. even if it werent required, the bc information session said that the people who take 4 years of all core classes (even foreign language) are the strongest applicants.</p>
<p>thanks for the reply!
so really another year??even if i have 6 credits of foreign language, 6 credits of history, 4 of english, 3 of science, 4 math, and a few extra curriculars?
im not looking to major in anything that has to do with science, but im not sure if thats enough
anymore advice?</p>
<p>The summer before her junior year, my d attended an orientation session at BC. She also is not that fond of science - but because it was her number one school and they strongly recommended the 4th year of a science - she did it - she took bio, chem, physics and then AP Enviromental Science her senior year (and 4 years of math and a language). She was accepted to BC this year - and very happy she took that 4th year of Science…</p>
<p>^^AP Enviro is pretty easy after a strong bio class, particularly, if AP Bio, so that’s a great suggestion. (Of course, easy is in the eyes of the teacher, but enviro is a nothing but a subset of biology.)</p>
<p>Dear rvcc1992 : The applicant pool is deep and tough. In addition to looking for top 10% performance in your GPA and strong board scores, Boston College wants to know that you are taking the most rigorous curriculum you can at your particular High School. Now is not the time to be showing weakness in your academic resume, but strength. Take the fourth year of a core science, skip the “double” on history, and restructure your final year program.</p>
<p>thanks for the advice :)</p>
<p>Dear rvcc1992 : One final thought on the science topic - you are going to be competing in a pool of students who tend to be “AP-heavy”. It is not unusual to see two or three AP courses in a student’s science profile covering Biology, Chemistry, and Physics. While you might not be AP-heavy, attempting such coursework demonstrates a work ethic that might also be seen as a positive in your application.</p>
<p>i understand that, but im just not “ap heavy” for science. by the end of my senior year i will have taken AP french, APUSH, AP Euro, AP english lang, AP english lit, AP macroeconomics, and AP Calc AB (and Japanese Seminar which is an honors history course)
i decided to take AP Euro and Japanese Seminar (which is as hard as an AP class) next year rather than AP Bio because history actually interests me and science doesnt. i thought that it would be better to take a class that i like rather than force myself to struggle in AP Bio next year. so do you think that is good enough??or should i still take AP Bio?</p>