<p>I've been an all honors & AP student my entire high school life and I definitely am not going to major in ANYTHING math/science related. I've taken Honors Bio, Honors Chem, and Honors Physics and next year I have the option to take any of those 3 classes in AP, but I want to drop it and take a non science/math AP instead. I'm going to take AP Calc next year. Is this advisable or do top colleges prefer to see 4 years of college, even though I'm not going to major in math/science? Do any top schools have a prerequisite of 4 years of science?</p>
<p>Most of the top schools, including all the Ivy League schools, and even the top liberal arts colleges, as well as some of the prestigious state universities (UCs), state on their websites that it is highly recommended that students take four years of science.
You seem like a great student seeing as you’ve taken APs and Honours, and you seem to have a good shot at some of these schools, but if you’re really aiming to get in somewhere like that, I’d recommend taking a science, simply because there will be plenty of other qualified applicants that HAVE taken 4 years of science, and many students have been rejected for less.
Hope that helps!</p>
<p>It depends on what you would be replacing it with. If you want to add an additional AP elective, than dropping science would be acceptable. However, if you merely want to replace it with an easy elective, I would advise against dropping.</p>
<p>Similar question…so D took Earth Science (8th grader–no honors offered), Bio (honors–SAT 2–650), Chem (she is taking it currently as a sophomore) and will take Physics in either junior or senior year to have 4 years of science. Does she need to take an AP science for a 5th year of science…not her interest…or can she take AP Psych either junior or senior year instead? She also took a year of independent research her freshman year. And what if she dropped science and didn’t bother with psych her senior year to take another art elective?</p>
<p>She is leaning towards being an art teacher. She might consider applying to NYU or Skidmore as the highest ranking of her schools. Also the usual art schools plus SUNY New Paltz.</p>
<p>I would call or check the websites for requirements of the schools you are applying to.
My son is an art student at SUNY New Paltz and they are well know for their art education dept. He took one art ed class and loved it.</p>