Borderline applicant for top 30 schools, AP Lit?

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<p>My GPA is 3.91, 4.95 weighted
SAT's are 2180
My EC's are eh...</p>

<p>Basically I realize that I'm a borderline applicant for many of the top schools that I want to go to UCLA, UCB etc.. I've taken 4 AP's through junior year, and I PLAN on taking 4 more senior year. I signed up for AP Lit, but supposedly its pretty rigorous and you're assigned 4 books per quarter (16 the whole year).. Now I could see myself pushing my way through, but I dont want to go through all the potential troubles of the class and get a B to show for it, because I'm not the greatest writer or dedicated reader. Problem is... I've finished all the math courses in my school (BC Calc) and I'm not taking a language next year as I hate Japanese haha so I sort of want to compensate those missing classes by taking AP Lit. </p>

<p>So do you guys think its worth it to risk a B for a class that makes my borderline trasncript look slightly better? I'm SLIGHTLY leaning towards a no right now, but if an A in AP Lit will look better and help me get into some more colleges I'll probably take the risk senior year. </p>

<p>Thanks for the feedback!</p>

<p>And the other AP's I'll be taking are Chem, Physics, and Econ.</p>

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<p>Yes, risk the B. Seriously, colleges would think better of you if you got a B in an AP class than if you got an A in a regular class. I guess it’ll be hard, but at least it shows you challenge yourself. Besides, if you took advanced English classes all three years already, would you really want to take a regular class in English? That would be like…practically a culture shock.</p>

<p>…Okay, maybe not, but take it.</p>

<p>I’m assuming that you’re in-state?</p>

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<p>^ Nope out of state, and I’ve been taking honors for 3 years in a row. This would be the 4th straight year if I didnt take AP.</p>

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<p>Out of state would make things even harder then. </p>

<p>But if you’re going to take English Honors instead of English AP, I think that’s fine.</p>