<p>My two favorite colleges are Dartmouth College and Williams College. I absolutely love writing, analyzing, expressing myself, and entertaining others with my humor. I really cherish creativity. Hence I am HIGHLY involved in the arts, and pretty much excel in every single area of the performing arts. </p>
<p>Having said that...I obviously run into a problem, b/c here I am trying to get my APs down as well. I am senior this year. Last year I took 4 APs: Calculus, Eng Lang, Physics, and US History. All A's, yes. VERY good SAT scores. Soph year I took Music Theory and am proud to say that I received a 5 on the exam. This year, I have AP: English Lit, Biology, Spanish V, and Statistics (independent study, online). On top of this, I am taking other courses as well that are just as rigorous, such as a combined religion + social science seminar. </p>
<p>I've been sleeping so late everyday. I am already exhausted (yes, already the 6th day of school and sick/tired). I have to work on my arts supplement. Practicing is out of the question. My English teacher gives out 3-hour min homework per day. Bio takes quite long as well. This is way too much for me. Therefore, my counselor suggested to drop AP English and take Honors English. This saddens me. AP English is my FAVORITE class this year. I have a huge passion for analyzing, and I have an excellent relationship with my teacher who will write a recommendation letter for me. Unfortunately, Biology, which has been my favorite area of study since I was very little, is not faring so well. I have a terrible relationship with the teacher, who is temperamental and little beloved (not even a good teacher either...only sits and talks, saying the main points already read in the textbook) in the school. She tortures me, makes fun of me, etc...this ruins my passion for the subject and confuses me: I did summer research in biology and knew this is what I want to do in the future. Yet, after being humiliated in this class, I feel not-so-outstanding in the class. I feel under-valued. I couldn't see myself doing the great research plans I want to do. </p>
<p>For colleges, I want to go under a Biology/Philosophy/Comparative Literature major. Biology is my 1st choice major, no matter what. However, I would like to double major in Philosophy or Comparative Literature for very specific reasons. Of course, it's most logical to take AP Bio senior year...but with the (sorry) crap I get from my teacher? Is it really a great idea to take it? I don't feel like dropping my favorite subject AP English to feel miserable in AP Bio. In fact, my counselor says it is OK to drop AP Bio...however, I am not sure what to say of this. Would it look bad not to take it? I took honors bio frosh year, honors chem soph year, and AP Physics junior year.</p>