<p>My problem involves weighing dropping two AP classes I don't want or need and taking a community college class, or toughing out the semester in the two AP classes.</p>
<p>I'm stuck with a very frustrating problem, and no simple solution. I attend an underfunded, slightly under-performing public school in California. Resources are lacking, and as a result, I am unable to pursue my academic goals in the manner in which I would like to.</p>
<p>I just began my senior year earlier this week, and, having nearly completed the core curriculum (I have two courses left, but got to choose how to get those credits), I thought I would be much more free to pursue my goals and interests this year. I'm a high-performing student; I've gotten A's as all but three grades in three years, and while I understand my chances to get in are very slim, I'll be applying to maybe two Ivies and maybe a few other low-acceptance schools (Georgetown, Northwestern, UC Berkeley, UCLA, etc). </p>
<p>Anyway, my school doesn't exactly offer the classes I want to pursue my interests in. I'm taking AP Lang, AP Gov, AP Spanish, and there are literally zero other classes that interest me (which I haven't already taken). The way my schedule has played out, from today until January, I have AP Bio and AP Calculus after lunch, and those happen to be the two classes I am least interested in. It is absolutely nothing against biology or calculus, or the teachers; I acknowledge their tremendous importance to our world, it's just that my interests happen to be more into social sciences, and literature and all those types of classes. I am miserable in both classes, (am completely lost as well, which is a partial cause of the misery) and am considering switching out of both to take a college class after my morning classes.</p>
<p>My question is: Would taking a community college class on something that interests me be a smarter idea than sticking with my two AP classes (which, let's not forget, are on topics I have very little interest in pursuing in life)?
Or would taking an elective-type look bad when I have AP Bio, AP Chem and AP Calc available? </p>
<p>I know what'd I'd rather do (pursue my interests in the college class), but I'd like to know what colleges I apply to in fall will think of it. would colleges frown upon turning away from the AP's? </p>
<p>Any answers/help/advice appreciated
Thanks</p>