I’ll give you two. First, your choices of classes in HS should be NOT be driven by college admissions but by your interest, work ethic, and desires for high school. Our advice to our kids is to take challenging courses in which they can do well … and they decide which level to take in each subject area. None of our kids are brilliant so they are not taking the absolute toughest schedule possible (which would be 10+ APs) but they are taking tough course loads and doing well … hopefully with a desire to learn … and not driven by “well I need this course for HArvard”. Second, and most importantly, try to only worry about what you can control … you do not control college admissions … you control your HS couses and performance. Pick the course you think are appropriate and do well in them. There are 3000 colleges out there … it is not as if if someone get rejected by Harvard the next choice is some school that they would think is absolutely terrible. If you do well in HS and challenge yourself you will have lots of great college options … perhaps not your first choice school … but perfectly fine choices that are just terrific options.</p>
<p>(PS - while making these choices you should keep your options open … skipping math your senior year would be a huge mistake, for example, if youwant to go to a top tier school)</p>
<p>First of all, set up an appointment with your counselor. Ask to see the school profile and your transcript as it is going to be sent to your colleges. Ask how that is going to be interpreted by college. Find out what schools kids with your stats from your highschool have typically have given a successful outcome.</p>
<p>my situation is different from the 2 people you guys have been talking to in this post, but everyone keeps mentioning the no-math-in senior-year deal lately and now I am really scared!
I took AP calc ABBC last year, but I’m not taking any maths this year.. is it really THAT bad?
my school is on block, so we only take 4 classes per semester, except for APs, which take the whole year. So since I’m taking 4 APs (actually 6 because one of them is AP gov/AP micro/AP macro) I only had space for 4 classes and opted for AP euro instead of AP stats because I love history and knew I would get a better grade in it than in stats. How bad is this going to look when applying to top schools?</p>
<p>Aljesis- I don’t have any authority in college admissions, but I think if you went all the way through AP calc BC, you’re probably not at a disadvantage - it’s the people who stop after algebra and trig that are. I also think to a certain degree admit officers are aware (or need to be aware) of scheduling limitations, and you can’t exactly be faulted for something completely out of your control.</p>