Class that might affect College Admission?

Applying to College
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<p>Hi, I'm an upcoming junior and I'm taking APUSH, AP Art hist, AP Bio, AP Lang and Comp, Pre-Cal Hp, (and yearbook). I'm thinking of dropping Pre-Cal Hp, and replace with just regular Pre-Cal Hp. I've been taking all honors math classes since freshmen year (Geometry HP and Alg 2/Trig Hp), but during my sophomore year I had a REALLY HARD time managing my grade in Alg 2/Trig. I somehow managed to get an A-, which IS A MIRACLE. I'm really worried and unconfident about Pre-cal hp,(plus I have the same strict teacher that I had for Alg 2 Trig for precal). Would it be a good choice for me to just change to regular Pre Cal? Would taking a lower level class affect my college admission? </p>

<p>I'm planning for an English major, so I'm emphasizing more on history and english Ap classes. Thank you.</p>

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<p>No, that switch wouldn’t really hurt you.</p>

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<p>It could matter if:</p>

<p>a. You apply to colleges where the honors course gives extra points in calculating GPA (e.g. California residents applying to California public universities).</p>

<p>b. The change causes your counselor to mark a lower category for the rigor of your schedule on the counselor’s evaluation sent to the colleges that use it.</p>

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<p>All depends on the school. Alot of state schools look at unweight GPA where an A in CP Pre-Calc helps more than an A- in Pre-Calc H. If I were you I’d take Pre-Calc H for a month and see if you can handle it. If you can’t then ask your teacher/counselor to move down. No harm and if you decide that you can handle it then great.</p>

<p>Good luck</p>