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<p>The band and yearbook will be viewed my many adcom’s as much less than a rigorous courseload in senior year and will count them against you. Rigor of courses is one if the key metrics that many of the upper tier schools look at. They would rather have someone with a 3.6 and a lot of AP’s and honors than a 3.9 with no rigorous classes. I would seriously re-visit the schedule for this coming school year.</p>