Can i drop history senior year and still get into an ivy?

Applying to College
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<p>Hi. I have a 3.9 gpa, scored a 2180 on the SAT, a 760 on the biology subject, and a 740 on the chemistry subject. I am legacy to Yale, Harvard, and UPenn and am involved in a ton of extracurricular activities. Last year i took:</p>

<p>High Honor Geometry
High Honor English 10
High Honor Spanish 4
Honors Chemistry
APUSH 1
AP Music Theory</p>

<p>This year I am taking: </p>

<p>AP Biology
AP Spanish (5)
APUSH 2
High Honor English 11
High Honor Trigonometry/Intro Calc</p>

<p>Would it be possibly for me to get into a school like Yale if i decided not to take a history class senior year?
Next year i would be taking:</p>

<p>AP Calc BC
AP Physics C
AP Spanish lit (6)
AP Literature </p>

<p>I don't really enjoy history very much, and I do not want to just take AP euro or AP world just so i can look more impressive to colleges. However i don't want to drop down to honors level after taking AP level history classes for 2 years. Would it make much of a difference to ivies if i decided to drop history next year and went forward with the courses i listed above?</p>

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<p>I didn’t and I think it hurt me. You should really take the most rigorous schedule you can handle.</p>

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<p>It doesn’t have to be history, but you should consider a social science. Econ or psych for example.</p>

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<p>I would be interested in psych but its not offered at my school and econ is not at the AP level…</p>

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<p>You’ve got four solid AP classes. Taking a non-AP econ class won’t hurt you and adds in another core - you need 5 senior year, even if it isn’t AP. With those five cores, anything else you take is just bonus, so take something fun.</p>

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<p>Check their course requirements before you finalize your schedule. Some schools require that you take four years of history/social science classes. </p>

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<p>Shouldn’t be a problem, but you should work on getting your SAT score up if you want to be strongly considered.</p>

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<p>The SAT score is past the acceptable threshold, acceptance or rejection will likely depend on factors other than the SAT at this point. Well written essays would be far more a factor that an additional 50 SAT points.</p>

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<p>Well, 2180 is a good SAT score, but it is below the 50th percentile for Princeton’s common data set. Another 100 points on the SAT would definitely bolster this student’s application.</p>

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<p>Clearly they accept many 2180s and reject many 2400s. Clearly something other than test score makes a difference. It’s also very difficult to make the case that a student accepted at 2280 would be instantly rejected if identical and only a 2180…</p>

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<p>Absolutely. Only four academic courses – even 4 AP’s – will not be considered to be ‘most rigorous’ by Adcoms. </p>